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"Expect miracles when you read Ann Patchett's fiction."—New York Times Book Review
Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Ann Patchett returns with a provocative and assured novel of morality and miracles, science and sacrifice set in the Amazon rainforest. Infusing the narrative with the same ingenuity and emotional urgency that pervaded her acclaimed previous novels Bel Canto, Taft, Run, The Magician's Assistant, and The Patron Saint of Liars, Patchett delivers an enthrallingly innovative tale of aspiration, exploration, and attachment in State of Wonder—a gripping adventure story and a profound look at the difficult choices we make in the name of discovery and love.
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Descripción Softcover. Condición: new. Reprint. Product DescriptionA nailbiting narrative setting stark human dilemmas against a lush exotic backdrop PeopleExtraordinary Nothing is as it seems and the ending is as shocking as its satisfying Boston GlobeFrom awardwinning New York Times bestselling author Ann Patchett a provocative and assured novel of morality and miracles science and sacrifice set in the Amazon rainforestIn a narrative replete with poison arrows devouring snakes scientific miracles and spiritual transformations State of Wonder presents a world of stunning surprise and danger rich in emotional resonance and moral complexityAs Dr Marina Singh embarks upon an uncertain odyssey into the insectinfested Amazon shes forced to surrender herself to the lush but forbidding world that awaits within the jungle Charged with finding her former mentor Dr Annick Swenson a researcher who has disappeared while working on a valuable new drug she will have to confront her own memories of tragedy and sacrifice as she journeys into the unforgiving heart of darknessStirring and luminous State of Wonder is a world unto itself where unlikely beauty stands beside unimaginable loss beneath the rain forests jeweled canopy Patchett delivers a gripping adventure story and a profound look at the difficult choices we make in the name of discovery and loveReviewAn engaging consummately told tale New York TimesEmotionally lucid Patchett is at her lyrical best when she catalogues the jungle The New YorkerThis is surely the smartest most exciting novel of the summer Washington PostThe Amazon setting is something Patchett does rather marvelously The book is serious but also so pleasurable that you hope it wont end NPROutlandishly entertainingwith a brilliantly constructed plot EllePacks a textbooks worth of ethical conundrums into a smart and tidily delivered story Ms Patchett presents an alluring interplay between civilization and wilderness between aid and exploitation Wall Street JournalThe large canvas of sweeping moral issues both personal and global comes to life through careful attention to details however seemingly mundanefrom illfitting shoes and mosquito bites to a woman tenderly braiding another womans hair O the Oprah MagazineA spellbinder from bestselling author Patchett Thrilling disturbing and moving in equal measureseven better than Patchetts breakthrough Bel Canto Kirkus Reviews starred reviewA superbly rendered novel Patchetts portrayal is as wonderful as it is frightening and foreign Patchett exhibits an extraordinary ability to bring the horrors and the wonders of the Amazon jungle to life and her singular characters are wonderfully drawn Powerful and captivating Library Journal starred reviewA thrilling new novel The world imagined in this novel is unusually vivid Reading State of Wonder is a sensory experience and even after its over youll keep hearing the sounds of insects and your own head will still be hot A thrilling new novel The world imagined in this novel is unusually vivid Reading State of Wonder is a sensory experience and even after its over youll keep hearing the sounds of insects and your own head will still be hot MORE MagazinePatchett makes the jungle jump off the pageThis is Patchetts best effort since The Patron Saint of Liars and yes that includes Bel Canto Shelf AwarenessExtraordinary Is there nothing the prodigiously talented Ann Patchett cant do Patchetts last knockout pages proceed fullspeed ahead with more twists and turns and trachery than the Amazon River Nothing is as it seems and the ending is as shocking as its satisfying Boston GlobeFrom the Back CoverIn a narrative replete with poison arrows devouring snakes scientific miracles and spiritual transformations State of Wonder presents a. Nº de ref. del artículo: BKZN9780062049810
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Descripción Soft cover. Condición: New. No Jacket. In a narrative replete with poison arrows, devouring snakes, scientific, miracles, and spiritual transformation, "State of Wonder" presents a world of stunning surprise and danger, rich in emotional resonance and moral complexity. As Dr. Marina Singh embarks upon an uncertain odyssey into the insect-infested Amazon, she will be forced to surrender herself to the lush but forbidding world that awaits within the jungle.Charged with finding her former mentor Dr. Annick Swenson, a researcher who has disappeared while working on a valuable new drug, she will have to confront her own memories of tragedy and sacrifice as she journeys into the unforgiving heart of darkness. This book has rough deckled page edges. Nº de ref. del artículo: 891
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Descripción Softcover. Condición: new. Reprint. Product DescriptionA nailbiting narrative setting stark human dilemmas against a lush exotic backdrop PeopleExtraordinary Nothing is as it seems and the ending is as shocking as its satisfying Boston GlobeFrom awardwinning New York Times bestselling author Ann Patchett a provocative and assured novel of morality and miracles science and sacrifice set in the Amazon rainforestIn a narrative replete with poison arrows devouring snakes scientific miracles and spiritual transformations State of Wonder presents a world of stunning surprise and danger rich in emotional resonance and moral complexityAs Dr Marina Singh embarks upon an uncertain odyssey into the insectinfested Amazon shes forced to surrender herself to the lush but forbidding world that awaits within the jungle Charged with finding her former mentor Dr Annick Swenson a researcher who has disappeared while working on a valuable new drug she will have to confront her own memories of tragedy and sacrifice as she journeys into the unforgiving heart of darknessStirring and luminous State of Wonder is a world unto itself where unlikely beauty stands beside unimaginable loss beneath the rain forests jeweled canopy Patchett delivers a gripping adventure story and a profound look at the difficult choices we make in the name of discovery and loveReviewAn engaging consummately told tale New York TimesEmotionally lucid Patchett is at her lyrical best when she catalogues the jungle The New YorkerThis is surely the smartest most exciting novel of the summer Washington PostThe Amazon setting is something Patchett does rather marvelously The book is serious but also so pleasurable that you hope it wont end NPROutlandishly entertainingwith a brilliantly constructed plot EllePacks a textbooks worth of ethical conundrums into a smart and tidily delivered story Ms Patchett presents an alluring interplay between civilization and wilderness between aid and exploitation Wall Street JournalThe large canvas of sweeping moral issues both personal and global comes to life through careful attention to details however seemingly mundanefrom illfitting shoes and mosquito bites to a woman tenderly braiding another womans hair O the Oprah MagazineA spellbinder from bestselling author Patchett Thrilling disturbing and moving in equal measureseven better than Patchetts breakthrough Bel Canto Kirkus Reviews starred reviewA superbly rendered novel Patchetts portrayal is as wonderful as it is frightening and foreign Patchett exhibits an extraordinary ability to bring the horrors and the wonders of the Amazon jungle to life and her singular characters are wonderfully drawn Powerful and captivating Library Journal starred reviewA thrilling new novel The world imagined in this novel is unusually vivid Reading State of Wonder is a sensory experience and even after its over youll keep hearing the sounds of insects and your own head will still be hot A thrilling new novel The world imagined in this novel is unusually vivid Reading State of Wonder is a sensory experience and even after its over youll keep hearing the sounds of insects and your own head will still be hot MORE MagazinePatchett makes the jungle jump off the pageThis is Patchetts best effort since The Patron Saint of Liars and yes that includes Bel Canto Shelf AwarenessExtraordinary Is there nothing the prodigiously talented Ann Patchett cant do Patchetts last knockout pages proceed fullspeed ahead with more twists and turns and trachery than the Amazon River Nothing is as it seems and the ending is as shocking as its satisfying Boston GlobeFrom the Back CoverIn a narrative replete with poison arrows devouring snakes scientific miracles and spiritual transformations State of Wonder presents a. Nº de ref. del artículo: DADAX006204981X
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