The Woman And The Ape
An emotional and erotic love affair develops between Madelene, the beautiful, disillusioned wife of Adam Burden, and Erasmus, the intelligent ape brought to the Burdens' London home after escaping animal smugglers. 100,000 first printing.
An emotional and erotic love affair develops between Madelene, the beautiful, disillusioned wife of Adam Burden, and Erasmus, the intelligent ape brought to the Burdens' London home after escaping animal smugglers. 100,000 first printing.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780374292034 (0374292035)
Publish date: November 1st 1996
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Pages no: 261
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Adventure,
Novels,
Science Fiction,
Literature,
European Literature,
Book Club,
Literary Fiction,
Contemporary,
Animals,
Scandinavian Literature,
Danish
Interesting and satisfying. The characters never quite came to life for me emotionally but certainly engaged me mentally. Good story and ends well which is always really difficult to do.
This will be a parable full of insight to some out there - skewed vets maybe.And that, ladies and gentlemen is the most charitable comment I can think of at this precise moment.
Well, that was a very surprising book indeed, everybody had said so. Reconciled myself with Peter Hoeg ( I did have some trouble with Smilla). But I must admit the man is good. It is hard to get away with such a plot.And I loved Madelene's emancipation. Thanks for "pushing" it to me, M!
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