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Beschreibung

An eccentric professor saves a London Zoo ape from a rocket experiment in this dazzling classic by a trailblazing animal rights activist, introduced by Sarah Hall.

''Pitch-perfect.''
Ali Smith
''So original.'' Hilary Mantel
''Stunning.'' Isabel Waidner
''There is nobody quite like her.'' A.S. Byatt
''Her beastly, risky best.'' Eley Williams


When my species has destroyed itself, we may need yours to start it all again.


In London Zoo, Professor Darrylhyde is singing to the apes again. Outside their cage, he watches the two animals, longing to observe the mating ritual of this rare species. But Percy, inhibited by confinement and melancholy, is repulsing Edwina''s desirous advances. Soon, the Professor''s connection increases as he talks, croons, befriends - so when a scientist arrives on a secret governmental mission to launch Percy into space, he vows to secure his freedom. But when met by society''s indifference, he takes matters into his own hands . . .

A trailblazing animal rights campaigner, Brigid Brophy''s sensational 1953 novel is as provocative and philosophical seventy years on. An electric moral fable, it is as much a blazingly satirical reflection on homo sapiens as the non-human - on our capacity for violence, red in tooth and claw, not only to other species, but our own.

An eccentric professor saves a London Zoo ape from a rocket experiment in this dazzling classic by a trailblazing animal rights activist, introduced by Sarah Hall.

''Pitch-perfect.''
Ali Smith
''So original.'' Hilary Mantel
''Stunning.'' Isabel Waidner
''There is nobody quite like her.'' A.S. Byatt
''Her beastly, risky best.'' Eley Williams


When my species has destroyed itself, we may need yours to start it all again.


In London Zoo, Professor Darrylhyde is singing to the apes again. Outside their cage, he watches the two animals, longing to observe the mating ritual of this rare species. But Percy, inhibited by confinement and melancholy, is repulsing Edwina''s desirous advances. Soon, the Professor''s connection increases as he talks, croons, befriends - so when a scientist arrives on a secret governmental mission to launch Percy into space, he vows to secure his freedom. But when met by society''s indifference, he takes matters into his own hands . . .

A trailblazing animal rights campaigner, Brigid Brophy''s sensational 1953 novel is as provocative and philosophical seventy years on. An electric moral fable, it is as much a blazingly satirical reflection on homo sapiens as the non-human - on our capacity for violence, red in tooth and claw, not only to other species, but our own.

Über den Autor
Brigid Brophy
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Importe, Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Faber Editions
Inhalt: XVI
128 S.
ISBN-13: 9780571381296
ISBN-10: 0571381294
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Brophy, Brigid
Auflage: Main
Hersteller: Faber & Faber
Faber Editions
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße: 195 x 132 x 12 mm
Von/Mit: Brigid Brophy
Erscheinungsdatum: 05.10.2023
Gewicht: 0,135 kg
Artikel-ID: 126690175