Editorial Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Fecha de edición abril 2012
Idioma inglés
EAN 9781408834671
Libro
encuadernado en tapa blanda
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.
Ann Patchett es autora de varias novelas, obras de no ficción y libros infantiles. Ha recibido numerosos galardones, entre ellos el PEN/Faulkner, el Women's Prize for Fiction y el Book Sense Book of the Year. Su novela "La Casa Holandesa" fue finalista del Premio Pulitzer. Su obra se ha traducido a más de treinta idiomas. La revista TIME la nombró una de las 100 personas más influyentes del mundo. Vive en Nashville, Tennessee, donde es copropietaria de la librería Parnassus Books.<br> <br> También disponible de Ann Patchett en AdN: "Comunidad" y "La Casa Holandesa".
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