Godina izdanja: 2007
ISBN: 978-1-56512-560-5
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Water for Elephants Paperback – Jan. 1 2007
by Sara Gruen (Author)
Product details
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers; Reprint edition (Jan. 1, 2007)
Language: English
Paperback: 350 pages
ISBN-13: 978-1565125605
Item Weight: 295 g
Dimensions : 13.97 x 2.34 x 20.96 cm
Though he may not speak of them the memories still dwell inside Jacob Jankowskis ninety-something-year-old mind Memories of himself as a young man tossed by fate onto a rickety train that was home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth Memories of a world filled with freaks and clowns with wonder and pain and anger and passion a world with its own narrow irrational rules its own way of life and its own way of death The world of the circus to Jacob it was both salvation and a living hell Jacob was there because his luck had run out orphaned and penniless he had no direction until he landed on this locomotive ship of fools It was the early part of the Great Depression and everyone in this third-rate circus was lucky to have any job at all Marlena the star of the equestrian act was there because she fell in love with the wrong man a handsome circus boss with a wide mean streak And Rosie the elephant was there because she was the great gray hope the new act that was going to be the salvation of the circus the only problem was Rosie didnt have an act in fact she couldnt even follow instructions The bond that grew among this unlikely trio was one of love and trust and ultimately it was their only hope for survival Surprising poignant and funny Water for Elephants is that rare novel with a story so engrossing one is reluctant to put it down with characters so engaging they continue to live long after the last page has been turned with a world built of wonder a world so real one starts to breathe its air.

Život u cirkusu Braća Benzini: Najspektakulraniji šou na svetu za nekoga može biti spas, u vreme kada posla nema nigde, a za drugoga pakao. Džejkob je dospeo tu jer je iznenada ostao bez sreće, ostavši siroče, bez ičega, ne znajući kuda da pođe, sve dok ga hirovi sudbine nisu odveli na neobični voz – putujuću kuću životinja naučenih neobičnim veštinama, i najčudnovatijih ljudskih bića, gde će, kao gotovo diplomirani veterinar postati zadužen za čitavu menažeriju. Tu će se nesrećno zaljubiti u Marlenu, prelepu, mladu zvezdu, koja je ostala u cirkusu jer se udala za pogrešnog čoveka, Avgusta, harizmatičnog ali pomalo uvrnutog i mračnog trenera životinja. I Rozi, slonica, je tu kao velika siva nada za nove spasonosne cirkuske tačke. Jedini problem je što ona kao da ne zna nijednu veštinu i nije podložna dresuri. Ali, Džejkob će naći rešenje ustanovivši da on i Rozi imaju nešto zajedničko – oboje govore poljski, zbog čega će se između njih stvoriti topao, prijateljski odnos. Priča se događa u vreme Velike depresije kad velike životne nedaće primoravaju ljude da iskažu ono najgore ali i najlepše što nose u sebi. Dok se bore za koricu hleba i goli opstanak članovi ove specifične zajednice kao i čitava Amerika krše zakone koji su do tada vladali i uspostavljaju nova surovija pravila, zakon jačega. Neke vrednost ipak ostaju večne, i ljubav koja vezuje Džejkoba, Marlenu i Rozi izvešće ih kao pobednike u borbi protiv svih onih koji ne biraju sredstva da bi ostvarili sopstvenu korist.
„Ostvarenje sna za sve one koji vole da čitaju. Čarobno putovanje pod cirkusku šatru i u srca junaka.“ Žan Rej (Julie and Romeo Get Lucky)
„U ovoj uzbudljivoj romantičnoj priči koja se događa u putujućem cirkusu tridesetih godina XX veka Sara Gruen je stvorila živopisne likove i priču zbog koje sam svaki čas ostajala bez daha. Od odanosti terijerke Kvini pa do ljupkosti slonice Rozi nit nas vodi do saznanja o tome koliko nas životinje mogu naučiti o ljubavi.“ Suzan Čiver (My Name is Bill)
„Cirkus, velika depresija, jedan komplikovan slon i podjednako komplikovana ljubav, izmaglice i zavijuci sećanja ispričanih krajnje neodoljivim glasom jednog starca koji je video sve. Sara Gruen je napisala izuzetno uverljiv roman, ispunjen samom životnom srži.“ Robert Olen Bater, dobitnik Pulicerove nagrade za roman A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain
„Divan, neverovatan i s izvrsnim zapletom, roman Voda za slonove odneo me je u svet cirkusa za vreme Velike depresije i nije me pustio otuda sve do samog kraja, pa čak ni tada. Beznadežno sam se zaljubila u ovu knjigu. Pročitajte je.“ Džošlin Džekson (Gods in Alabama)
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