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'The title of Irma Gold’s debut novel, The Breaking, is as ominous as it sounds. It refers to the systematic and torturous process by which the spirits of elephant calves are broken to the point where they are deemed malleable enough to start work within the tourism industry in whatever capacity, from circus fodder to passenger carriers.' (Introduction)
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Irma Gold, The Breaking
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