{"product_id":"9781611855272","title":"The Man Who Spoke Snakish","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Kivirahk, Andrus, Moseley, Christopher\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eFiction \u0026amp; related items\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 6 July 2017 by Grove Press \/ Atlantic Monthly Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 448 pages\u003cbr\u003e198 x 130 x 30 | 312g\u003cp\u003eUnfortunately people and tribes degenerate. They lose their teeth, forget their language, until finally they're bending meekly on the fields and cutting straw with a scythe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeemut, a young boy growing up in the forest, is content living with his hunter-gatherer family. But when incomprehensible outsiders arrive aboard ships and settle nearby, with an intriguing new religion, the forest begins to empty - people are moving to the village and breaking their backs tilling fields to make bread. Meanwhile, Leemut and the last forest-dwelling humans refuse to adapt: with bare-bottomed primates and their love of ancient traditions, promiscuous bears, and a single giant louse, they live in shacks, keep wolves, and speak to snakes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold with moving and satirical prose, The Man Who Spoke Snakish is a fiercely imaginative allegory about a boy, and a nation, standing on the brink of dramatic change.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kivirahk, Andrus, Moseley, Christopher","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42465765195960,"sku":"9781611855272","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9781611855272.jpg?v=1734709568","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9781611855272","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}