The Woman and the Ape A Novel |
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Author:
| Høeg, Peter Høeg, Peter |
Translator:
| Haveland, Barbara |
ISBN: | 978-1-4668-5080-4 |
Publication Date: | Jul 2013 |
Publisher: | Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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Book Format: | Ebook |
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The Woman and the Ape is the story of a unique and unforgettable couple--Madelene and Erasmus. Madelene--a sleeping beauty drowsing gently in an alcoholic stupor--is the beautiful and disillusioned wife of Adam Burden, a distinguished behavior scientist. Erasmus--the unlikely prince--is a 300-pound ape. Erasmus is brought to the Burdens' London home after escaping from animal smugglers. In him Adam Burden believes he has discovered a hitherto unknown mammal, a highly...
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The Woman and the Ape is the story of a unique and unforgettable couple--Madelene and Erasmus. Madelene--a sleeping beauty drowsing gently in an alcoholic stupor--is the beautiful and disillusioned wife of Adam Burden, a distinguished behavior scientist. Erasmus--the unlikely prince--is a 300-pound ape.
Erasmus is brought to the Burdens' London home after escaping from animal smugglers. In him Adam Burden believes he has discovered a hitherto unknown mammal, a highly intelligent anthropoid ape, the closest thing yet to a human being. If he is right, Erasmus will become the jewel of Burden's new zoo. But Madelene decides to save Erasmus, investing in her efforts all the single-mindedness she until now has reserved for drinking. The two fall in love--a love affair as emotionally and erotically charged as any female-male relationship could ever be. But Erasmus has come to England with a purpose, and eventually the couple must face the world they have sought to flee.
A fable for our time, The Woman and the Ape poses searching questions about the nature of love, freedom, and humanity