false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223644765m/129156.jpg 129156 30 Peter Høeg, author of the international bestseller Smilla's Sense of Snow, has written a fable that explores our human status as inhabitants of paradise lost, and the trade-off between civilization and freedom. The story begins with a captured ape, dubbed Erasmus, a specimen of an apparently new species with a cognitive ability that seems to rival human capacities. Erasmus is rescued from scientific study and experimentation by Madelene, whose husband, Adam, is the zoo director. Escaping to an Eden-like nature reserve, Madelene finds an empathy with Erasmus that develops into a wild sexual liberation. When the pair emerge from Eden to try to stop Adam continuing researches on others of Erasmus' kind, paradise dissolves, and civilization wins out. Read an interview with Peter Høeg. 2240173 book 1996 The Woman and the Ape total:267|5:44|4:75|3:98|2:40|1:10| 267 904 350 36 5 2 false false Mon Nov 17 05:39:28 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 17 05:41:34 -0800 2008
Peter Hoeg is the same guy who wrote Smilla's...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jan 18 08:16:47 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 08:22:17 -0800 2009
This, like The House of Mirth, is about a young woman trying to make her way in the world while obeying society's rules for rich young wome...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Jun 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 20:20:44 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 20:56:19 -0700 2009
While admiring author Peter Hoeg's ...more...]]> 0 1 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed Mar 12 03:38:38 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 12 03:38:38 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 true false Wed Apr 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 16 23:08:31 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 23 09:38:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat May 30 01:08:03 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 01:22:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Mar 20 13:25:27 -0700 2007 Tue Mar 20 14:46:48 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Wed Oct 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 11:59:26 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 12:00:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2001 Mon Nov 26 07:27:16 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 26 07:27:51 -0800 2007 2 1 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 16 12:32:56 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 16 12:56:52 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Oct 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 08:17:31 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 08:31:13 -0700 2009 With bright characters, events and cleverly introduced technical vocabulary, it created a surprisingly lively image of higher societies and also man's view on the world, actions and attitude towards nature and eve...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Dec 10 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Mon Jun 15 11:50:20 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 11:50:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 05:55:29 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 06:03:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Sat Aug 29 09:40:32 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 09:40:53 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Dec 22 07:17:41 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 07:36:10 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Mon Dec 22 08:35:36 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 08:36:47 -0800 2008 2 2 false false Thu Dec 11 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 15:25:11 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 03:59:47 -0800 2008
And that, ladies and gentlemen is the most charitable comment I can think of at this precise moment.]]> 4 0 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Thu Sep 27 07:16:17 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 27 08:38:03 -0700 2007
I would still recommend it! It's by one of my favourite authors, and it's a beautiful book. It was the...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 15 07:31:12 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 07:31:45 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Mar 28 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Thu Jan 29 08:13:01 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 08:13:39 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=129156