Forest of the Pygmies - Hardcover

Allende, Isabel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0007199635 ISBN 13: 9780007199631

Publisher: Fourth Estate, 2005

Synopsis

From one of the world's best-loved storytellers comes a magical novel of adventure and discovery

Alexander Cold knows all too well his grandmother Kate is never far from an adventure. When International Geographic commissions her to write an article about the first elephant-led safaris in Africa, they head-with Nadia Santos and the magazine's photography crew-to the blazing, red plains of Kenya. Days into the tour, a Catholic missionary approaches the camp in search of his companions who have mysteriously disappeared. Kate, Alexander, Nadia, and their team, agreeing to aid the rescue, enlists the help of a local pilot to lead them to the swampy forests of Ngoubé. There they discover a clan of Pygmies who unveil a harsh and surprising world of corruption, slavery, and poaching.

Alexander and Nadia, entrusting the magical strengths of Jaguar and Eagle, their totemic animal spirits, launch a spectacular and precarious struggle to restore freedom and return leadership to its rightful hands.

The final installment of Isabel Allende's celebrated trilogy of the journeys of Jaguar and Eagle soars with radiant settings, spirits, beings-and the transformation of an extraordinary friendship.

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Review:

Praise for Kingdom of the Golden Dragon:

‘Allende again proves her talent for evoking exotic landscapes, spinning tall stories and weaving seductive magic.’ Sunday Times

'This spellbinding novel, like its predecessor, is storytelling at its best' Mail on Sunday

Praise for City of the Beasts:

'Written with Allende's characteristic verve, City of the Beasts is the kind of accomplishment to show young readers that there's more to life than Harry Potter.' Literary Review

'A vivid fable... Allende's prose soars' Guardian

'Marvellous, marvel-filled... Beautifully written and utterly entrancing' Independent on Sunday

From the Back Cover:

Once again Alexander Cold and his indomitable journalist grandmother, Kate, are braving the mystical unknown, this time in the heart of Africa. Along with Alex's friend Nadia Santos and a photographic crew from International Geographic magazine, they have travelled to Kenya to work on an article about the continent's first elephant-led safaris. But when a missionary approaches their camp in search of companions who have mysteriously disappeared, Alex, Nadia, and their group find themselves embarking on a dangerous mission to Africa's equatorial forest to aid a clan of Pygmies. For the Cold expedition is the tribe's last hope for survival in a world where poaching, corruption, and slavery run rampant.

Forest of the Pygmies is the concluding volume of acclaimed author Isabel Allende's celebrated trilogy, which begins with City of the Beasts and continues with Kingdom of the Golden Dragon.

About this edition

• Publisher: Fourth Estate
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0007199635
• ISBN 13: 9780007199631
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304