Sara Gruen

Isabel Duncan, a scientist at the Great Ape Language Lab, doesn't understand people, but apes she gets—especially the bonobos Sam, Bonzi, Lola, Mbongo, Jelani, and Makena, who are capable of reason and communication through American Sign Language. Isabel feels more comfortable in their world than she's ever felt among humans—until she meets John Thigpen, a very married reporter writing a human interest feature. But when an explosion rocks the lab, John's piece turns into the story of a lifetime—and Isabel must connect with her own kind to save her family of apes from a new form of human exploitation.

El viejo Jacob se enfrenta al destino y a la vejez rememorando los tiempos en que escapó para unirse a un circo ambulante durante la Gran Depresión de los años 30, años de la prohibición y de los gángsters El deslumbrante espectaculo de los hermanos Banzini, donde encontro la amistad y el amor de su vida y descubrio que ni en los peores tiempos se debe perder la esperanza Una historia conmovedora, llena de aventuras, de peligros y de la magia del circo Una novela sobre un deseo, el de huir, el de cambiar de vida, que todos hemos tenido alguna vez Una gran funcion que conmueve y asombra por igualUna fabula conmovedora, de sabor antiguo y entrañable, que se disfruta mas a medida que avanza.

Isabel Duncan, a scientist at the Great Ape Language Lab, doesn't understand people, but animals she gets--especially the bonobos. Isabel feels more comfortable in their world than she's ever felt among humans ...until she meets John Thigpen, a very married reporter who braves the ever-present animal rights protesters outside the lab to see what's really going on inside. When an explosion rocks the lab, severely injuring Isabel and "liberating" the apes, John's human interest piece turns into the story of a lifetime, one he'll risk his career and his marriage to follow. Then a reality TV show, Ape House, featuring the missing apes debuts under mysterious circumstances, and it immediately becomes the biggest--and unlikeliest--phenomenon in the history of modern media. Ape House delivers great entertainment, but it also opens the animal world to us in ways few novels have done, securing Sara Gruen's place as a master storyteller who allows us to see ourselves as we never have before.

"Peter e Isabel gestiscono il Great Ape Language Lab dove studiano le scimmie bonobo e insegnano loro a parlare e a comportarsi come esseri umani (con i quali condividono il 98,7% del DNA). Questo genere di ricerche ovviamente non piace molto agli animalisti piu convinti e sono proprio loro, sembra, i responsabili di un attacco dinamitardo al laboratorio durante una notte di Capodanno. Nellattacco, Isabel quasi perde la vita e sei scimmie scompaiono. La donna, rimasta sfigurata e gravemente ferita, cerca in tutti i modi di capire laccaduto e di ritrovare le sue amate scimmie. Dopo numerosi interventi chirurgici che le restituiscono un aspetto normale, Isabel e di nuovo in grado di mettersi al lavoro e alla fine riesce a scoprire che Bonzi e gli altri bonobo sono finiti a fare i protagonisti di una serie televisiva, ""Ape House"" appunto, che riprende la vita famigliare di un gruppo di scimmie. La Duncan scopre cosi che dietro il finto attentato degli animalisti si nasconde in realta il suo amato Peter che - daccordo con Ken Faulks, un magnate dei media con la passione per la pornografia - ha escogitato il colpo di mano per garantirsi una vecchiaia dorata. "

Sara Gruen, canadenca de naixement, viu als Estats Units amb el seu marit i els seus tres fills. És autora de quatre novel·les, Riding Lessons, Flying Changes, Ape House i Aigua per a elefants, premiada amb el 2007 Booksense Book of the Year Award (Premi dels llibreters independents nord-americans), el Cosmopolitans Fun Fearless Fiction Award, el Bookbrowse Diamond Award For Most Popular Book, el Friends of American Literature Adult Fiction Award i lALA/Alex Award.

Todos hemos querido cambiar de vida, todos hemos querido huir alguna vez. Cuando el joven Jacob pierde todo, su familia y su futuro, y el mundo entero parece al borde del abismo en los difíciles años treinta, se aventura en un circo ambulante para trabajar como veterinario. Transcurren años de penuria y crueldad, pero tambien de ensueño y plenitud, pues Jacob encuentra en el deslumbrante espectaculo de los hermanos Banzini la amistad, al amor de su vida y a la traviesa elefanta Rosie. Han transcurrido ya muchos años, pero Jacob no se resigna a la postracion que el destino le depara. Con renovada valentia nos revelara un secreto impactante y decidira emprender nuevas andanzas, cueste lo que cueste. Sara Gruen, con un estilo apasionado y vibrante, ha escrito una novela aclamada por millones de libreros y lectores. Romance, lucha, asesinato, tragedia y humor integran el cartel de esta gran funcion que conmueve y asombra por igual.

When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, grifters, and misfits - the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth - a second-rate travelling circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression, making one-night stands in town after endless town. Jacob, a veterinary student who almost earned his degree, is put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It is there that he meets Marlena, the beautiful young star of the equestrian act, who is married to August, the charismatic but twisted animal trainer. He also meets Rosie, an elephant who seems untrainable until he discovers a way to reach her. Water for Elephants is illuminated by a wonderful sense of time and place. It tells a story of a love between two people that overcomes incredible odds in a world in which even love is a luxury that few can afford.

When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, grifters, and misfits -- the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth -- a second-rate travelling circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression, making one-night stands in town after endless town. Jacob, a veterinary student who almost earned his degree, is put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It is there that he meets Marlena, the beautiful young star of the equestrian act, who is married to August, the charismatic but twisted animal trainer. He also meets Rosie, an elephant who seems untrainable until he discovers a way to reach her. Water for Elephants" is illuminated by a wonderful sense of time and place. It tells a story of a love between two people that overcomes incredible odds in a world in which even love is a luxury that few can afford.

As a young man, Jacob Jankowski was tossed by fate onto a rickety train that was home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. It was the early part of the great Depression, and for Jacob, now ninety, the circus world he remembers was both his salvation and a living hell. A veterinary student just shy of a degree, he was put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It was there that he met Marlena, the beautiful equestrian star married to August, the charismatic but twisted animal trainer. And he met Rosie, an untrainable elephant who was the great gray hope for this third-rate traveling show. The bond that grew among this unlikely trio was one of love and trust, and, ultimately, it was their only hope for survival.

When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, grifters, and misfits - the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth - a second-rate travelling circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression, making one-night stands in town after endless town.

A gripping and poignant love story set in a remote village in the Scottish Highlands at the end of the Second World War. 'the only fault I can find with this book is that I've already finished it' Jodi Picoult 'truly enthralling' Scotsman 'breathtaking' Harper's Bazaar 1945. After disgracing themselves at a high society party, spoilt young Philadelphia socialites Maddie and Ellis Hyde are cut off from the family without a penny. Ellis decides their salvation will be to hunt down the Loch Ness Monster, a venture his father very publicly failed at. So, oblivious to WW2 raging around them, they make their way to the Scottish Highlands, where Maddie has to face reality and decide just who the real monsters are.

Isabel Duncan, científica del Laboratorio de Lenguaje de Grandes Primates, no comprende a la gente pero sí entiende a los simios, especialmente a los bonobos Sam, Bonzo, Lola, Mbongo, Jelani y Makena, que son capaces de razonar y de comunicarse en el lenguaje de signos americano. Isabel se siente mas a gusto con ellos de lo que jamas se ha sentido entre los humanos, hasta que conoce a John Thigpen, un periodista centrado en su matrimonio que esta escribiendo un articulo de interes humano. Pero, cuando una explosion hacer volar el laboratorio por los aires, la cronica de John se convierte en el reportaje de su vida.

Pasen y vean: romance, lucha, asesinato, tragedia y humor integran esta gran función que conmueve y asombra por igual. Todos hemos querido cambiar de vida,todos hemos querido huir alguna vez. Cuando el joven Jacob lo perdio todo, su familia y su futuro, y el mundo entero parecia estar al borde del abismo en los dificiles años treinta, se aventuro en un circo ambulante para trabajar como veterinario. Transcurrian tiempos de penuria y crueldad, pero tambien de ensueño y plenitud, pues Jacob encontro en el deslumbrante espectaculo de los hermanos Benzini la amistad, el amor de su vida y a la traviesa elefanta Rosie. Ahora han transcurrido ya muchos años, pero Jacob no se resigna a la postracion que el destino le depara. Con renovada valentia nos revelara un secreto impactante y decidira emprender nuevas andanzas, cueste lo que cueste. Mas de dos años en la lista de bestsellers de The New York Times. Agua para elefantes es la novela en la que se basa la pelicula protagonizada por Robert Pattison y Reese Witherspoon. Reseñas:"Una novela arrebatadora... Con el ritmo experto de un showman, Gruen se reserva una revelacion genial para las paginas finales, transformand