The Woman and the Ape

✍ Scribed by Høeg, Peter

• Book ID: 109980220
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Tongue: en-US
• Weight: 259 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9780312427122

✦ Synopsis

The Woman and the Ape is the story of a unique and unforgettable couple--Madelene and Erasmus. Madelene--a sleeping beauty drowsing gently in an alcoholic stupor--is the beautiful and disillusioned wife of Adam Burden, a distinguished behavior scientist. Erasmus--the unlikely prince--is a 300-pound ape.

Erasmus is brought to the Burdens' London home after escaping from animal smugglers. In him Adam Burden believes he has discovered a hitherto unknown mammal, a highly intelligent anthropoid ape, the closest thing yet to a human being. If he is right, Erasmus will become the jewel of Burden's new zoo. But Madelene decides to save Erasmus, investing in her efforts all the single-mindedness she until now has reserved for drinking. The two fall in love--a love affair as emotionally and erotically charged as any female-male relationship could ever be. But Erasmus has come to England with a purpose, and eventually the couple must face the...