Beatrice and Virgil - Hardcover

Martel, Yann

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1400069262 ISBN 13: 9781400069262

Publisher: Spiegel & Grau, 2010

Synopsis

Fate takes many forms. When Henry receives a letter from an elderly taxidermist, it poses a puzzle that he cannot resist. As he is pulled further into the world of this strange and calculating man, Henry becomes increasingly involved with the lives of a donkey and a howler monkey - named Beatrice and Virgil - and the epic journey they undertake together. With all the spirit and originality that made Life of Pi so treasured, this brilliant new novel takes the reader on a haunting odyssey. On the way Martel asks profound questions about life and art, truth and deception, responsibility and complicity.

About this title

Product Description:

In an exploration of the limitations of language in understanding and describing the Holocaust, the award-winning, best-selling author of The Life of Pi presents a tale about a novelist and a taxidermist who collaborate on a play about a donkey and a howler monkey who have survived a genocide.

Review:

"Every page offers something of tension, humanity, surprise, or even ecstasy" (The Times on Life of Pi)

"Ultimately uplifting" (Daily Mail on Life of Pi)

"A terrific book ... fresh, original, smart, devious, and crammed with absorbing lore" (Margaret Atwood Sunday Times on Life of Pi)

"A hilarious novel, full of clever tricks, amusing asides and grand originality" (Daily Telegraph on Life of Pi)

"This enormously lovable novel is suffused with wonder . . . this is fiction probing the imaginative realm with scientific exactitude, twisting reality to "bring out its essence"" (Guardian on Life of Pi)

About this edition

• Publisher: Spiegel & Grau
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1400069262
• ISBN 13: 9781400069262
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 197