Author: Martel, Yann
Title: The High Mountains of Portugal
Description: Canongate Books Ltd, 2016. Paperback C. Pp: 352. Lost in Portugal. Lost to grief. With nothing but a chimpanzee.The extraordinary new novel from the author of Life of Pi. In Lisbon in 1904, a young man named Tomás discovers an old journal. It hints at the location of an extraordinary artefact that - if it exists - would redefine history. Travelling in one of Europe's earliest automobiles, he sets out in search of this treasure. Some thirty-five years later, a Portuguese pathologist finds himself at the centre of a murder mystery.Fifty years on, a Canadian senator takes refuge in northern Portugal, grieving the loss of his beloved wife. But he comes to his ancestral village with an unusual companion: a chimpanzee.The High Mountains of Portugal takes the reader on a road trip through Portugal in the last century - and through the human soul. ISBN: 9781782114710. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
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Title: The High Mountains of Portugal
Description: Canongate Books Ltd, 2016. Paperback C. Pp: 352. Lost in Portugal. Lost to grief. With nothing but a chimpanzee.The extraordinary new novel from the author of Life of Pi. In Lisbon in 1904, a young man named Tomás discovers an old journal. It hints at the location of an extraordinary artefact that - if it exists - would redefine history. Travelling in one of Europe's earliest automobiles, he sets out in search of this treasure. Some thirty-five years later, a Portuguese pathologist finds himself at the centre of a murder mystery.Fifty years on, a Canadian senator takes refuge in northern Portugal, grieving the loss of his beloved wife. But he comes to his ancestral village with an unusual companion: a chimpanzee.The High Mountains of Portugal takes the reader on a road trip through Portugal in the last century - and through the human soul. ISBN: 9781782114710. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9781782114710
Price: EUR 9.50 = appr. US$ 10.33 Seller: De Slegte
- Book number: 819570
- Book number: 819570
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