A book that earned Sy Montgomery her status as one of the most celebrated wildlife writers of our time, Spell of the Tiger brings readers to Sundarbans, a vast tangle of mangrove swamp and tidal delta that lies between India and Bangladesh. It is the only spot on earth where tigers routinely eat people—swimming silently behind small boats at night to drag away fishermen, snatching honey collectors and woodcutters from the forest. But, unlike in other parts of Asia where tigers are rapidly being hunted to extinction, tigers in Sundarbans are revered. With the skill of a naturalist and the spirit of a mystic, Montgomery reveals the delicate balance of Sundarbans life, explores the mix of worship and fear that offers tigers unique protection there, and unlocks some surprising answers about why people at risk of becoming prey might consider their predator a god.
This book is out of print and will no longer be available in Aleph editions.
‘Part Indiana Jones, part Emily Dickinson’, as the Boston Globe describes her, Sy Montgomery is an author, naturalist, documentary scriptwriter and radio commentator who has travelled to some of the world’s most remote wilderness for her work. She has worked in a pit crawling with 18,000 snakes in Manitoba, swum with pink dolphins in the Amazon and has been undressed by an orangutan in Borneo. She is the author of thirteen award-winning books, including her bestselling memoir, The Good Pig. Montgomery lives in Hancock, New Hampshire.
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