The Snake Tree: Novel
Wagner, an all-efficient German engineer, takes in hand the job of rescuing a floundering construction project in the South American rain forest. But before he even reaches the site, his car runs over an emerald-green Acaray snake--marking him, according to local beliefs, for death. Things go from bad to worse. Wagner's slowly degenerating colleagues are useless; his attempts to help the workers bring on a strike that the military regime suppresses; and he botches up the Company's delicate system of bribery. The building is sinking into the red mud faster than it is being built. Losing ground, Wagner tensely observes himself losing balance an…
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Weitere Autoren: Tegel, Peter (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-0-8112-1101-7
- EAN: 9780811211017
- Produktnummer: 9149245
- Verlag: New Directions
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1990
- Seitenangabe: 281 S.
- Masse: H21.1 cm x B14.3 cm x D2.6 cm 408 g
- Auflage: Revised
- Gewicht: 408
Über den Autor
Uwe Timm was born in Hamburg, Germany. His first novel, Hot Summer, was published in 1974. New Directions publishes five of his novels, including the German best selling, The Invention of Curried Sausage, and the award winning, Morenga. After apprenticing as a furrier, Timm studied philosophy and philology in Paris and Munich. He is the 1989 winner of the Munich Literary Prize. He has been called an extraordinary story teller (The New Yorker) and one of the best living German Writers (Kirkus Reviews).
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