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Full of emotions, the end does not do justice to the story. kind of like the author didn't know how to complete the story arc. The author really know how to express emotions through words. Great writing. OK Story.

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Must read!

Perumal Murugan's master piece is worth every minute you engage with it. This one's a keeper.

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Kudos to the Author , Translator and the Narrator!

I never imagined I would discover a splendid Tamil author through audible. Looking forward to read his other novels ....In tamil though! A touching story and a great listening. And the Narrator was awesome!!

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We all have experienced poonachi once in our lives

this is such a simple story, but there are so many parallels one can draw to a human life. We are born simple and then society leads us to do certain things. there is joy and sorrow in the decisions we take. though it's a goat's story, you can't help but wonder what all a life goes through on this earth. it's an enjoyable read, but will touch you deeply in the end. the writer has done a brilliant job of weaving the story, and along with it highlighting how family, society, authorities, climate, nature and our greed impacts many living beings around us. there is more to a living life than the utility we associate with it. It definitely gives you an insight into a non human life, imploring to be kind to animals(and similar people) and avoid inflicting pain as much as possible.

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Amazing story, terrible narration.

Absolutely loved this book, amazing story where the lead is a goat but it's no story book for children I'd place with the likes of Animal Farm combined with magical realism. The author beautifully portrays the idyllic but still very eventful life of a goat in a South Indian village.

Now the bad part. I dont even understand why the narrator chose to do stereotypical/kinda racist accent for the villagers, but the only rich person gets a English posh accent. Also how he butchered the pronunciation of few non English words was so harsh on ears.

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perumal murugan was awesome

this is the first time I am reading a story by perumal murugan. suffice to stay I will be picking up many more books of his. narrator was awesome!

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Incredible story, mediocre narration

Absolutely phenomenal. Perumal Murugan has weaved an utterly moving, stirring story. I only wish they had gotten a narrator who could pronounce the words or names properly. The man absolutely butchered the pronunciations. I'm astonished that they couldn't even hire a language supervisor to ensure something as basic as that. Having said that, his performance was pretty good, he captured the emotions well. If you're not a South Indian, you probably won't find the terrible accents and pronunciations as jarring.

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Moved to tears!

A heart touching story. it's been a day since I finished listening to it, still Poonachi is in my head.

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Poonachi - you beauty!

An emotional rollercoaster. A 21st century Animal farm except that the protagonist is saint hearted god descendent goat and humans are realists and humane.

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Leaves you with tears and thoughts

The birth of an ordinary life never leaves a trace, does it? With that, Perumal Murgan sets the mood of the fable. A grim world lies ahead.⁣
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Poonachi, an unusually tiny, black goat, journeys from infancy to motherhood. Her personal tragedies play out against the ordeals of famine, abject poverty and systematic corruption.⁣
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We’re continuously reminded that Poonachi is an outcast. The tale, in fact, has strong parallels with Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things. That too speaks about outcasts and transgressors—the ones who find happiness in the small things of life. Because the big things (or the big ones) are always in defiance of them. Poonachi, too, understands that early on in her life.⁣
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In her case, the ‘big ones’ are her human-owners, a farmer and his (unnamed) wife who decide to bring her up. They’re in turn similarly domesticated by the government. Murgan makes a sharp commentary against the system. The goat owners are no less tethered down than the goats.⁣
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Murgan touches upon variety of other themes like gender inequality, discrimination and herd mentality—all blended into a sour alchemy that leaves a lump in your throat.⁣
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In the end, he reinforces George Orwell’s words from 1984—from the point of view of the low, historic changes only mean changes in the names of their masters.⁣
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Poonachi is weak, sickly and prone to dangers. Yet, she survives every situation with zeal and luck. At one point, she looks at a herd of sheep and wonders why their heads are always down. “Unless we look up, how can we see the sky?” But destiny has other plans for her. As she comes to terms with her own fate, we see greed and desperation of hunger engulf the village, especially her owners.⁣
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Did Poonachi choose any of this? Why do some suffer more than the others?⁣
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Murgan lifts us to a vantage point so that we realise how little we can control. The book has made me even more conscious of my privilege. Aren’t we all oppressed and oppressor at the same time? Murgan leaves us with tears and too many thoughts.⁣

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