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The Woman and the Ape-Peter Hoeg HC(1996)1st/1 Smilla's

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Item number:220507996832
Item location:Chittenango, New York, United States
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Author: Peter Heg, Peter HoegFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar Straus & GirouxISBN-10: 0374292035
ISBN-13: 9780374292034Subject: Literature, Modern
Publication Year: 1996Topic: --
Special Attributes: 1st EditionLanguage: English
Condition: Very Good  
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Synopsis
A love story featuring the alcoholic wife of a prominent scientist, and one of the subjects of one of her husband's study--an ape. However, this is not just any ape, but a highly intelligent anthropoid ape. She helps the ape escape, but they must eventually face the world they are fleeing.

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Length:261 pages
Height:9.8 in.
Width:6.5 in.
Thickness:1.2 in.
Weight:17.6 oz.

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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 behavioral 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. It combines the farcical humor of a Marx Brothers movie with the magic of a fairy tale and the pace of a thriller.

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"A lot of people have been waiting for Peter Hoeg's new novel, people who were captivated by the originality and wit of his 'Smila's Sense of Snow', the surprise best seller of three years ago about a half-Eskimo woman from Copenhagen who solves the mystery of a small boy's death. Some of the spirit of that book has made its way into 'The Woman and the Ape', which also has a main female character of off-center allure. This new novel is similarly shrouded in a vague sense of mystery, and it is written with an epigrammatic grace that reveals Mr. Hoeg as a writer of an especially polished quirkiness....As always with Mr. Hoeg, the writing can sparkle."
New York Times - Richard Bernstein (12/04/1996)

"There is comedy of manners and verbal play, and always there is the author's feeling for words, his astounding imagery."
Times Literary Supplement - Eric Korn (11/29/1996)

"`The Woman and the Ape so one of the most gripping books I've read in years. It moved me so deeply that by the end I found myself weeping."
Voice Literary Supplement - Elizabeth Marshall Thomas 


Portions of this page Copyright 1995 - 2009 Muze Inc. All rights reserved.

THE WOMAN AND THE APE BY PETER HOEG, AUTHOR OF SMILLA'S SENSE OF SNOW, BORDERLINERS, AND THE HISTORY OF DANISH DREAMS

FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING

STATED FIRST EDITION

HARD COVER WITH DUST JACKET.

BOOK IS IN FINE CONDITION.

DUST JACKET IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH SOME MINOR SHELF WEAR AND 2 MINOR PUNTURES NEAR THE SPINE EDGE.


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