State of Wonder - Brossura

Patchett, Ann

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0062130846 ISBN 13: 9780062130846

Casa editrice: Harper Collins USA, 2012

Riassunto

LONGLISTED FOR THE ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION 2012

There were people on the banks of the river. Among the tangled waterways and giant anacondas of the Brazilian Rio Negro, an enigmatic scientist is developing a drug that could alter the lives of women for ever. Dr Annick Swenson's work is shrouded in mystery; she refuses to report on her progress, especially to her investors, whose patience is fast running out.
Anders Eckman, a mild-mannered lab researcher, is sent to investigate. A curt letter reporting his untimely death is all that returns.
Now Marina Singh, Anders' colleague and once a student of the mighty Dr Swenson, is their last hope. Compelled by the pleas of Anders's wife, who refuses to accept that her husband is not coming home, Marina leaves the snowy plains of Minnesota and retraces her friend's steps into the heart of the South American darkness, determined to track down Dr. Swenson and uncover the secrets being jealously guarded among the remotest tribes of the rainforest.
What Marina does not yet know is that, in this ancient corner of the jungle, where the muddy waters and susurrating grasses hide countless unknown perils and temptations, she will face challenges beyond her wildest imagination.
Marina is no longer the student, but only time will tell if she has learnt enough.

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Recensione:

In fluid and remarkably atmospheric prose, Patchett captures not only the sights and sounds of the chaotic jungle environment but also the struggles and sacrifice of dedicated scientists. (Booklist)

Patchett is a master storyteller who has an entertaining habit of dropping ordinary people into extraordinary and exotic circumstances to see what they are made of. [An] expansive page-turner...Patchett's fluid prose dissolves in the suspense of this out-there adventure...that readers will hate to see end. (Publishers Weekly (starred review))

[A] spellbinder from bestselling author Patchett[.][...] Thrilling, disturbing and moving in equal measures even better than Patchett's breakthrough Bel Canto (2001). (Kirkus Reviews (starred review))

L'autore:

Ann Patchett is the author of five novels: Run, The Patron Saint of Liars, which was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, Taft, which won the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize, The Magician's Assistant, and Bel Canto, which won the PEN/Faulkner Award, the Orange Prize, the Booksense Book of the Year Award, and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Her nonfiction book Truth & Beauty was a New York Times bestseller. Patchett has written for many publications, including Atlantic Monthly, Harper's Magazine, Gourmet, the New York Times Magazine, Vogue, and the Washington Post. She lives in Nashville, TN.

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• Editore: Harper Collins USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0062130846
• ISBN 13: 9780062130846
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 351