- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: Doubleday Canada; 1st Edition edition (Dec 1 1996)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0385256272
- ISBN-13: 978-0385256278
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.8 x 2.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 522 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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From the internationally acclaimed author of Smilla's Sense of Snow comes a dazzling leap of imagination--a tale as sensitive as it is suspenseful, as profound as it is provocative.
Madelene, the beautiful, lonely, alcoholic wife of behavioral scientist Adam Burden, is pacing the confines of their opulent London home when she comes upon her husband's secret captive. Erasmus is a 300-pound ape who, if rigorous tests prove him a hitherto unknown superhominid, will be the ruthless Adam's ultimate trophy. But Madelene, intoxicated by their encounter, sets out to unravel the web of corruption that ensnares this intelligent creature. And together, blurring the boundary between human and animal, she and Erasmus venture into an Eden of freedom and love...only to find their future endangered by a species who would let greed and ambition destroy their fragile world.
Witty, erotic, magical, The Woman and the Ape is a tour de force, one that offers daring new insight into out times, our illusions, and our hearts.
Madelene, the beautiful, lonely, alcoholic wife of behavioral scientist Adam Burden, is pacing the confines of their opulent London home when she comes upon her husband's secret captive. Erasmus is a 300-pound ape who, if rigorous tests prove him a hitherto unknown superhominid, will be the ruthless Adam's ultimate trophy. But Madelene, intoxicated by their encounter, sets out to unravel the web of corruption that ensnares this intelligent creature. And together, blurring the boundary between human and animal, she and Erasmus venture into an Eden of freedom and love...only to find their future endangered by a species who would let greed and ambition destroy their fragile world.
Witty, erotic, magical, The Woman and the Ape is a tour de force, one that offers daring new insight into out times, our illusions, and our hearts.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Bad title, great book set in London,
This review is from: THE WOMAN AND THE APE (Hardcover)
Though this book is about a woman and her relationship with an ape, the title doesn't quite fit. The novel is set mostly in London. As an American living in London, I really identified with the author's view of 'my' city as expressed through his two non-Londoner protagonists, a Danish woman and an ape (I won't spoil it by telling you where he's from). The book itself is pacy and surprising, if you ignore kind of a slow start. An original piece of work and a pleasure to read. If you didn't like the ending to Smilla's Sense of Snow you will probably find the ending of this a fair bit less annoying, but still a little contrived.
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Bad title, great book set in London,
By "simonandingrid" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: THE WOMAN AND THE APE (Hardcover)
Though this book is about a woman and her relationship with an ape, the title doesn't quite fit. The novel is set mostly in London. As an American living in London, I really identified with the author's view of 'my' city as expressed through his two non-Londoner protagonists, a Danish woman and an ape (I won't spoil it by telling you where he's from). The book itself is pacy and surprising, if you ignore kind of a slow start. An original piece of work and a pleasure to read. If you didn't like the ending to Smilla's Sense of Snow you will probably find the ending of this a fair bit less annoying, but still a little contrived. |
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