{"product_id":"9789386338242","title":"And Gazelles Leaping","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn orphan, his pet, a Manipuri elephant sensitive about his small size, and their friends—Heera and her nanny-goat; Mazdoor and his donkey White Beauty; Tu Fan, a Chinese boy, and Soetomo from Java—attend Sister’s Svenska’s kindergarten on an abandoned estate in rural Calcutta. The children and their pets live an idyllic life: they have many adventures on the estate, and are loved, sheltered and guided by Sister Svenska; Karin, the Sister’s help; Moti-Didi the washerwoman; and Cha-Cha the wheelwright. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when a rapacious corporation from the big city swoops in to take over their school, and a gang of juvenile thugs threatens the orphan and his elephant, he must band together with his friends—with a little help and advice from the grown-ups around them—and do battle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA delightful fable about the innocent pleasures of childhood, and the evils of the world which forever threaten to mar it, \u003cem\u003eAnd Gazelles Leaping \u003c\/em\u003ewas first published in 1949. This is the first in Sudhin Ghose’s quartet which follows the young boy as he grows from a wide-eyed child into a disillusioned adult. Long-neglected classics, these novels are being reissued for the first time in more than half a century. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Speaking Tiger Publishing Pvt Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47179379638512,"sku":"9789386338242","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9789386338242_p0.jpg?v=1763676000","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789386338242","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}