Böcker av Patrick Redican

The Rhinoceros Tails books are the continuing adventures of a group of young teenagers as they explore the Maharashtrian countryside, learning about their culture and themselves. In the first book, high school students Pranav, Dorga and Madhuri and a young shepherd, Bhirav, follow a small, single-minded rhinoceros through a valley of flowers and a sacred forest and finally up a mountainside to the legendary but rarely seen Jayadri Forest where they meet some wonderful creatures, learn different ways of looking at things and, in the end, feel themselves substantially changed by the experience. I book two, 'The Yellow Bird', another boy. Philippe, is drawn into their circle by following a fascinating yellow bird. They all, along with two other new Rhinoceros Tails, find themselves in new adventures, sometimes separately, sometimes together, sometimes downright dangerous and sometimes purely joyful. Again they end up in Jayadri Forest, this time participating in its Dasara festival celebrations. The aim of the books is to tell a good story while sharing with the English speaking world the richness of Maharashtrian culture.

Are they wandering aimlessly, completely lost, or headed towards some wonderful goal? Are they just naive kids stupidly following a young rhinoceros as she strays through a landscape full of dangers - deadly snakes, malevolent spirits, night-prowling tigers? Or are they adventurers on a quest through a land of unusual beauty where an ancient culture - their culture - has deep and inspiring roots? Become Rhinoceros Tails yourselves as you join Pranav, Durga, Madhuri and Bhirav in their exciting fast-paced adventure in the Sahyadri mountains of western Maharashtra.