In the Palm of Darkness - Softcover

Montero, Mayra

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060929065 ISBN 13: 9780060929060

Verlag: HARPERCOLLINS, 1998

Inhaltsangabe

Book by Montero Mayra

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Críticas:

"A dazzling, original fugue on love and extinction." --The New Yorker"A resplendent piece of writing that brings throbbingly to life ... a world in which the magical and the occult flourish, and the gritty reality of ordinary life can also achieve a glorious sensuality." --The New York Times Book Review"Primal sorcery and modern agony ... A voyage into the heart of darkness .... Montero confronts the modern Western way of knowing with an older more universal kind."--Richard Eder, Los Angeles Times"A work of enormous beauty, violence, and unsentimental grace.... Montero writes with fire and acid." --Boston Globe"Montero nurtures her two characters and their relationship with such close compassion that it blossoms into something rare, original, and moving." --The Women's Review of Books

Reseña del editor:

The quest for an elusive amphibian in the mountains of violence-torn Haiti brings together an unlikely pair of hunters--American herpetologist Victor Grigg and his Haitian guide, Thierry Adrien--whose individual stories unfold and intertwine in a mesmerizing tale of love, sex, and fraternal rivalry; of the propagation and extinction of species in the natural world; and of the mysterious forces of nature that govern the fate of all living creatures.

In the Palm of Darkness is a compelling tale that reads like a murder mystery but also reveals a highly sophisticated and refined literary voice.

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• Verlag: HARPERCOLLINS
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0060929065
• ISBN 13: 9780060929060
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 192