Tarka the Otter

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Tarka the Otter: His Joyful Water-Life and Death in the Country of the Two Rivers is a novel by Henry Williamson. The book narrates the experience of an otter. It was first published in 1927 by G.P. Putnam's Sons, with an introduction by the Hon. Sir John Fortescue, K.C.V.O..

The book won the Hawthornden Prize. It features illustrations by Charles Tunnicliffe.

Editions

• Nelson Thornes, 1981, Hardcover, ISBN 0333306023
• Beacon Press, 1990, ISBN 0807085073
• Salem House Publishers, 1982, ISBN 0370309197

Film

In 1974, Williamson began working on a script for a film treatment of the novel, but it was not regarded as suitable to film. Filming for the movie went on unknown to him. The movie, narrated by Peter Ustinov, was released in 1979, with a screenplay by Gerald Durrell.

External links

• Tarka the Otter at the Internet Movie Database
• Tarka the Otter entry at everything2.