On The Cobra's Gaze, Stephen Alter returns with another slow-burning tour de force, drawing on journeys in the Indian subcontinent to revisit the human connection with nature. Offering cultural and historical context to our ongoing struggle to preserve wildlife, the Indian-born American author urges us to meet the gaze of creatures that are looking at us, perhaps for answers.
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