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4864661The Only Harmless Great Thinghttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-only-harmless-great-thing-9781250169471/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1875461/a8de7c5f-97fa-48af-9c3d-952e61ac78f3.jpg?v=638667493245630000https://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1874506/a8de7c5f-97fa-48af-9c3d-952e61ac78f3.jpg?v=638342105363430000107119MXNTor Publishing GroupInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>A heart-wrenching, Nebula Awardwinning alternative history imagining an intersection between the Radium Girls scandal and Topsy the elephant.</strong></p><p>Early in the twentieth century, a group of female factory workers in Newark, New Jersey, slowly died of radiation poisoning. Around the same time, an Indian elephant was deliberately and publicly put to death by electricity.</p><p>These are matters of historical fact.</p><p>Now these two tragedies are intertwined in a dark alternative history of rage, radioactivity, and wrongs crying out to be righted. Brace yourself for a wrenching journey that crosses eras, chronicling cruelties both grand and petty while searching for meaning and justice.</p><p><strong>Praise for <em>The Only Harmless Great Thing</em></strong></p><p>Winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novelette</p><p>Finalist for the Hugo, Locus, Shirley Jackson, and Sturgeon Awards</p><p><em>The Only Harmless Great Thing</em> . . . feels like an alternate Just So Story revealed to us by an ecstatic punk oracle. I cant stop thinking about it. Nor will you. Helen Macdonald, author of <em>H is for Hawk</em></p><p>This handcrafted arrow of a novella becomes more absorbing with each read. . . . A rich, poetic novella. <em>Kirkus Reviews</em></p>...2073930The Only Harmless Great Thing107119https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-only-harmless-great-thing-9781250169471/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1875461/a8de7c5f-97fa-48af-9c3d-952e61ac78f3.jpg?v=638667493245630000https://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1874506/a8de7c5f-97fa-48af-9c3d-952e61ac78f3.jpg?v=638342105363430000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20189781250169471_W3siaWQiOiJlNTMzYmRkZC00NDI4LTQ1ZmMtOTJlOC0xYTBjNGVkOWI0MTkiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjExOSwiZGlzY291bnQiOjEyLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjEwNywiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjQtMDQtMTdUMTc6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9781250169471_<p><strong>Winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novelette</strong></p><p><strong>Finalist for the Hugo, Locus, Shirley Jackson, and Sturgeon Awards</strong></p><p><em>The Only Harmless Great Thing</em> is a heart-wrenching alternative history by Brooke Bolander that imagines an intersection between the Radium Girls and noble, sentient elephants.</p><p>In the early years of the 20th century, a group of female factory workers in Newark, New Jersey slowly died of radiation poisoning. Around the same time, an Indian elephant was deliberately put to death by electricity in Coney Island.</p><p>These are the facts.</p><p>Now these two tragedies are intertwined in a dark alternate history of rage, radioactivity, and injustice crying out to be righted. Prepare yourself for a wrenching journey that crosses eras, chronicling histories of cruelty both grand and petty in search of meaning and justice.</p><p>At the Publishers request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.</p>...(*_*)9781250169471_<p><strong>A heart-wrenching, Nebula Awardwinning alternative history imagining an intersection between the Radium Girls scandal and Topsy the elephant.</strong></p><p>Early in the twentieth century, a group of female factory workers in Newark, New Jersey, slowly died of radiation poisoning. Around the same time, an Indian elephant was deliberately and publicly put to death by electricity.</p><p>These are matters of historical fact.</p><p>Now these two tragedies are intertwined in a dark alternative history of rage, radioactivity, and wrongs crying out to be righted. Brace yourself for a wrenching journey that crosses eras, chronicling cruelties both grand and petty while searching for meaning and justice.</p><p><strong>Praise for <em>The Only Harmless Great Thing</em></strong></p><p>Winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novelette</p><p>Finalist for the Hugo, Locus, Shirley Jackson, and Sturgeon Awards</p><p><em>The Only Harmless Great Thing</em> . . . feels like an alternate Just So Story revealed to us by an ecstatic punk oracle. I cant stop thinking about it. Nor will you. Helen Macdonald, author of <em>H is for Hawk</em></p><p>This handcrafted arrow of a novella becomes more absorbing with each read. . . . A rich, poetic novella. <em>Kirkus Reviews</em></p>...9781250169471_Tor Publishing Grouplibro_electonico_9781250169471_9781250169471Brooke BolanderInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/openroadmedia-epub-ae03c503-55a8-4018-a8a3-5878f985af22.epub2018-01-23T00:00:00+00:00Tor Publishing Group