One Day in the Life of Ivan Desnakeovich?
November 2, 2009 8:07 AM Subscribe
YAWTBF (Yet Another "What's That Book?" Filter): I'm trying to find a book that I loved as a child (early '80s). The book was written from the perspective of a garter snake as he slithered around a little chunk of wilderness bordered by a road.
The story showed us one day in this snake's life. The snake encountered several other animals during the day including a skunk and a bunch of other snakes. The book was somewhat remarkable for how little it anthropomorphized the animals. The snake did have a human-like internal monologue, but all of the behaviours and interactions of the animals were strictly animal-like; no Beatrix Potteresque waistcoats-and-tea business.
As I recall, the book was maybe 80 pages long in hardback and was intermittently illustrated with simple line drawings.
I know that's not much to go on, but I've been regularly surprised at the hive mind's book-ID powers in previous askmes.
The story showed us one day in this snake's life. The snake encountered several other animals during the day including a skunk and a bunch of other snakes. The book was somewhat remarkable for how little it anthropomorphized the animals. The snake did have a human-like internal monologue, but all of the behaviours and interactions of the animals were strictly animal-like; no Beatrix Potteresque waistcoats-and-tea business.
As I recall, the book was maybe 80 pages long in hardback and was intermittently illustrated with simple line drawings.
I know that's not much to go on, but I've been regularly surprised at the hive mind's book-ID powers in previous askmes.
Response by poster: I'll be darned. I believe it was. It appears my memory of the story was even worse than I had thought, which only makes your tracking it down that much more impressive. thank you.
posted by 256 at 12:49 PM on November 2, 2009
posted by 256 at 12:49 PM on November 2, 2009
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posted by sleepcrime at 12:28 PM on November 2, 2009