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Lonely and disillusioned, Madelene Burden is a modern-day sleeping beauty drowsing in a alcoholic stupor. And the prince whose kiss brings her to life is 300-pound ape named Erasmus, the victim of a smuggling gone awry. Enthralling readers with the same taut prose, enigmatic characters, thrilling suspense, and satirical humor that drove "Smilla" to the top of bestseller lists, Hoeg offers a daring and imaginative fable that poses searching questions about the nature of romance.
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The woman and the ape, Peter Høeg
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- Released
- 1997
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Peter Høeg
- Publisher
- Harvill Press
- Released
- 1997
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 324
- ISBN10
- 1860463681
- ISBN13
- 9781860463686
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Fantasy, Love, Women, Contemporary Fiction, 20th century, Society, Great Britain, London, Scandinavian Literature, Escape, Research, Denmark, Hunts, Monkeys
- Original title
- Kvinden og aben
- Rating
- 3.35 out of 5
- Description
- Lonely and disillusioned, Madelene Burden is a modern-day sleeping beauty drowsing in a alcoholic stupor. And the prince whose kiss brings her to life is 300-pound ape named Erasmus, the victim of a smuggling gone awry. Enthralling readers with the same taut prose, enigmatic characters, thrilling suspense, and satirical humor that drove "Smilla" to the top of bestseller lists, Hoeg offers a daring and imaginative fable that poses searching questions about the nature of romance.