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Three Weeks In December Original Edition
Author(s): Audrey Schulman (Author)
- Publisher: Europa Editions
- Publication Date: 29 Feb. 2012
- Edition: Original
- Language: English
- Print length: 368 pages
- ISBN-10: 1609450647
- ISBN-13: 9781609450649
Book Description
In 1899 Jeremy, a young engineer, leaves a small town in Maine to oversee the construction of a railroad across British East Africa. In charge of hundreds of Indian laborers, he becomes the reluctant hunter of two lions that are killing his men in nightly attacks on their camp. Plagued by fear, wracked with malaria, and alienated by a secret he can tell no one, he takes increasing solace in the company of an African man who scouts for him.
In 2000 Max, an American ethnobotonist, travels to Rwanda in search of an obscure vine that could become a lifesaving pharmaceutical. Stationed in the mountains, she shadows a family of gorillas―the last of their group to survive the merciless assault of local poachers. Max bears a striking gift for communicating with the apes. But soon the precarious freedom of both is threatened as a violent rebel group from the nearby Congo draws close.
Told in alternating perspectives that interweave the two characters and their fates, Audrey Schulman’s newest novel deftly confronts the struggle between progress and preservation, idiosyncrasy and acceptance. Evoking both Barbara Kingsolver and Andrea Barrett, this enthralling fiction, wise and generous, explores some of the crucial social and cultural challenges that, over the years, have come to shape our world. The engaging story and memorable characters make this fine novel an ideal book club selection.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“Audrey Schulman does a beautiful job of balancing adventure, suspense and self-discovery.”
—Michele Ross, CNN
“[A House Named Brazil is] Quirky and thoughtful… Schulman renders the strange beauties of a world that draws on resources scarcely known to us.”
—The New York Times
“A genuine page-turner with literary content.”
—Boston Globe
“Lyrical . . . Suspenseful . . . Schulman’s heroine [in The Cage] is a true original transformed emotionally and physically by experiences marvelously imagined and compellingly described.”
—The Los Angeles Times
“Bizarre yet intriguing . . . More than enough to keep readers turning pages. . . Schulman’s language is lovely.”
—USA Today
“Audrey Schulman does a beautiful job of balancing adventure, suspense and self-discovery.” Michele Ross, “CNN”
“[“A House Named Brazil” is] Quirky and thoughtful… Schulman renders the strange beauties of a world that draws on resources scarcely known to us.” “The New York Times”
“A genuine page-turner with literary content.” “Boston Globe”
“Lyrical . . . Suspenseful . . . Schulman’s heroine [in “The Cage”] is a true original transformed emotionally and physically by experiences marvelously imagined and compellingly described.” “The Los Angeles Times”
“Bizarre yet intriguing . . . More than enough to keep readers turning pages. . . Schulman’s language is lovely.” “USA Today””
“Bizarre yet intriguing . . . More than enough to keep readers turning pages. . . Schulman’s language is lovely.”–“USA Today”
“Lyrical . . . Suspenseful . . . Schulman’s heroine [in “The Cage”] is a true original transformed emotionally and physically by experiences marvelously imagined and compellingly described.”–“The Los Angeles Times”
“[“A House Named Brazil” is] Quirky and thoughtful… Schulman renders the strange beauties of a world that draws on resources scarcely known to us.”–“The New York Times”
“A genuine page-turner with literary content.”–“Boston Globe”
“Lyrical . . . Suspenseful . . . Schulman”s heroine [in “The Cage”] is a true original transformed emotionally and physically by experiences marvelously imagined and compellingly described.”–“The Los Angeles Times”
“A genuine page-turner with literary content.”
