Sacred Elephant

Name: Sacred Elephant
Brand: Naxos
Availability: InStock
Author: Heathcote Williams
ISBN: 9789629546755

Author: Heathcote Williams

Narrator: Heathcote Williams, with Caroline Webster, and Harry Burton

Unabridged: 1 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Naxos

Published: 01/29/2007

Categories: Fiction, Poetry, European Poetry

Synopsis

Sacred Elephant is a moving portrayal of the world’s largest land-living mammal. The poem explores the life of elephants in their natural habitat and in captivity, and details their relentless destruction at the hands of man. Evocatively read by the author, the poem is accompanied by a second disc containing a fascinating compilation of facts and figures from elephant history. Sensitively underscored with classical music.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jon on October 06, 2023

Heartbreaking - made me ashamed; how we have treated this magnificent creature. To think that this animal is killed just for their tusks, that this majestic species that has inspired mankind for centuries has been driven to the brink of extinction says so much about our inability to value what is tr......more

Goodreads review by Ruric on December 29, 2012

Moving and eloquent work delivered by photos, verse and prose text celebrating the existence of elephants and how dangerously decimated the elephant population is.......more

Goodreads review by Chuck on April 02, 2022

Everything that you would like to know about elephants plus. There is an eloquent part of the book that clarifies the history and current status of elephant The fun part for me, however, was the section on the historic development and physical characteristics of this magnificent and smart animal. Fo......more