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Zusatztext "Extraordinary. . . . Is there nothing the prodigiously talented Ann Patchett can't do? . . . Patchett's last knockout pages proceed full-speed ahead! with more twists and turns and trachery than the Amazon River. Nothing is as it seems! and the ending is as shocking as it's satisfying." Informationen zum Autor Ann Patchett is the author of novels, most recently the #1 New York Times bestselling Tom Lake , works of nonfiction, and children's books. She has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the PEN/Faulkner, the Women's Prize for Fiction in the UK, and the Book Sense Book of the Year. Her novel The Dutch House was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Her work has been translated into more than thirty languages, and Time magazine named her one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. President Biden awarded her the National Humanities Medal in recognition of her contributions to American culture. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee, where she is the owner of Parnassus Books. Klappentext Ann Patchett has dazzled readers with her award-winning books! including The Magician's Assistant and the New York Times bestselling Bel Canto . Now she raises the bar with State of Wonder ! a provocative and ambitious novel set deep in the Amazon jungle. Dr. Marina Singh! a research scientist with a Minnesota pharmaceutical company! is sent to Brazil to track down her former mentor! Dr. Annick Swenson! who seems to have all but disappeared in the Amazon while working on what is destined to be an extremely valuable new drug! the development of which has already cost the company a fortune. Nothing about Marina's assignment is easy: not only does no one know where Dr. Swenson is! but the last person who was sent to find her! Marina's research partner Anders Eckman! died before he could complete his mission. Plagued by trepidation! Marina embarks on an odyssey into the insect-infested jungle in hopes of finding her former mentor as well as answers to several troubling questions about her friend's death! the state of her company's future! and her own past. Once found! Dr. Swenson! now in her seventies! is as ruthless and uncompromising as she ever was back in the days of Grand Rounds at Johns Hopkins. With a combination of science and subterfuge! she dominates her research team and the natives she is studying with the force of an imperial ruler. But while she is as threatening as anything the jungle has to offer! the greatest sacrifices to be made are the ones Dr. Swenson asks of herself! and will ultimately ask of Marina! who finds she may still be unable to live up to her teacher's expectations. In a narrative replete with poison arrows! devouring snakes! and a neighboring tribe of cannibals! State of Wonder is a world unto itself! where unlikely beauty stands beside unimaginable loss. It is a tale that leads the reader into the very heart of darkness! and then shows us what lies on the other side. Zusammenfassung A New York Times Bestseller; Orange Prize nominee; a Time Magazine's Best Books of the Year; a Publisher's Weekly's Best Top Ten Best Books; and a Wellcome Trust Book Prize nominee. "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. Marina Singh is a research scientist at Vogel! a pharmaceutical institute in Minnesota! and inconveniently in love with her boss! Mr. Fox. When one of her colleagues is reported to have died while following up on the progress of a field team based in...
