Book Briefs #47: Three Altrim Titles
Here is the next installment of "Book Briefs," the series of occasional posts featuring short first-hand descriptions of some of the numerous books that publishers send to me for consideration on this blog. Obviously, these briefs are not full-blown reviews, but they are a way to share more books worthy of attention than those that end up as long reviews. This installment features three books put out by Altrim Publishers : one case study and two travel guides. Hāthigaon: A Settlement of Elephants and Mahouts by Sanjeev Vidyarthi, Megha Bhatnagar, Gaurav Bhatnagar and Rajan Bhatt | Altrim Publishers | 2022 | 10 x 10 inches | 124 pages | €32 | Amazon A couple of years ago I learned about RMA Architects' Hāthigaon Housing in Working in Mumbai , the 2020 monograph on Rahul Mehrotra's firm. In that book the housing project for elephants and their caretakers ( mahouts ) near Jaipur, India, is documented across fourteen pages. While that length is sufficient for conveyin...