Author: Sara Gruen
Translator: Jeong-ah Kim
Publisher: Dudrim
532 pages | 210*138mm
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About This Book
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.
"Water for Elephants resembles stealth hits like The Giant's House,
by Elizabeth McCracken, or The Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold, books that
combine outrageously whimsical premises with crowd-pleasing romanticism.
. . . With a showman's expert timing, [Gruen] saves a terrific
revelation for the final pages, transforming a glimpse of Americana into
an enchanting escapist fairy tale." --The New York Times Book Review
"Has a ringmaster's crowd-pleasing pace" --Entertainment Weekly
"You'll get lost in the tatty glamour of Gruen's meticulously researched
world, from spangled equestrian pageantry and the sleazy side show to an
ill-fated night at a Chicago speak-easy" --The Washington Post
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