A review by samrudhibaj
Poonachi: Or the Story of a Black Goat by Perumal Murugan

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

It is an anthropomorphic tale of a female goat’s life journey . The writing is realistic and set in rural community. It does a good job of capturing hardships of - animals, females and poor people. There is an unfeigned description of animal-human relationship which retains practicality of goat farming. The political satire is not as direct as we see in writings like Animal farm but it exists. The miracle part is kept mysterious (of course!) but it’s impact on goat’s life is ubiquitous.