Brazzaville Beach
Autor William Boyden Limba Engleză Paperback – 24 iun 2009
'A brilliant storyteller . . . a book which stretches, tantalizes and delights'Financial Times
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On Brazzaville Beach, on the edge of Africa, Hope Clearwater ponders the strange circumstances that led her to leave her husband John, and his mathematical obsessions, in England and venture to Africa to help world-renowned scientist Eugene Mallabar with his studies of wild chimps.
But the more Hope studies Mallabar, the more she comes to believe that something isn't right. That behind Mallabar, and his obsessive work, there lies another, more sinister truth: one that might also help explain Hope's reasons for leaving England . . .
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'A most extraordinary parable about mankind. Quite unlike anything else I have read'Sunday Express
'Brilliant, daring. A gripping and compulsive story'Herald
'Hilarious and edgy'Sunday Times
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780141044194
ISBN-10: 0141044195
Pagini: 416
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0141044195
Pagini: 416
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Notă biografică
William
Boydwas
born
in
1952
in
Accra,
Ghana,
and
grew
up
there
and
in
Nigeria.
He
is
the
author
of
fifteen
highly
acclaimed,
bestselling
novels
and
five
collections
of
stories.
He
is
married
and
divides
his
time
between
London
and
south-west
France.
Descriere
'I live on Brazzaville Beach...I am here because two sets of strange and extraordinary events happened to me...One in England, first, and then one in Africa.' On Brazzaville Beach, on the edge of Africa, Hope Clearwater examines the complex circumstances that brought her there. Sifting the details for evidence of her own innocence or guilt, she tells her engrossing story with a blunt and beguiling honesty that not only intrigues and disturbs but is also completely enthralling.
Textul de pe ultima copertă
In the heart of a civil war–torn African nation, primate researcher Hope Clearwater made a shocking discovery about apes and man. . . .
Young, alone, and far from her family in Britain, Hope Clearwater contemplates the extraordinary events that left her washed up like driftwood on Brazzaville Beach. It is here, on the distant, lonely outskirts of Africa, where she must come to terms with the perplexing and troubling circumstances of her recent past. For Hope is a survivor of the devastating cruelties of apes and humans alike. And to move forward, she must first grasp some hard and elusive truths: about marriage and madness, about the greed and savagery of charlatan science, and about what compels seemingly benign creatures to kill for pleasure alone.
Young, alone, and far from her family in Britain, Hope Clearwater contemplates the extraordinary events that left her washed up like driftwood on Brazzaville Beach. It is here, on the distant, lonely outskirts of Africa, where she must come to terms with the perplexing and troubling circumstances of her recent past. For Hope is a survivor of the devastating cruelties of apes and humans alike. And to move forward, she must first grasp some hard and elusive truths: about marriage and madness, about the greed and savagery of charlatan science, and about what compels seemingly benign creatures to kill for pleasure alone.
Recenzii
“Utterly engaging. . . . A novel of ideas, of big themes. . . . William Boyd is a champion storyteller.” — The New York Times Book Review