Water for Elephants -

Sara Gruen

Allen & Unwin

2006

352 páginas

11h 44m

ISBN-13: 9781741149814

This is a great, glorious, big-hearted novel set in a travelling circus touring the backblocks of America during the Great Depression of the early 1930s. It's a story of love and hate, trains and circuses, dwarves and fat ladies, horses and elephants - or to be more specific, one elephant, Rosie, star of Benzini Bros Most Spectacular Show on Earth...

When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, swindlers and misfits in a second-rate circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression.

A veterinary student who almost earned his degree, Jacob is put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It is there that Jacob meets Marlena, the beautiful equestrienne who is married to August, a charismatic but violently unpredictable animal trainer. Jacob also meets Rosie, an elephant who seems unmanageable until he discovers an unusual way to reach her.

Water for Elephants is a story that has it all - warmth, humour, poignancy and passion. It has an energy and spirit like the feeling under a big top when the show is about to begin. It is a novel that will win your heart.

Resenhas (8)

5 (Perfeito)

first of may

Faz tanto tempo que eu comprei esse livro no Berinjela, ficou tanto tempo na estante que eu nunca imaginei que ia gostar tanto dessa história. É muito diferente ler sobre um circo, e ler alguma coisa que fale sobre elefantes me deixa toda sentimental kkkkk não consigo nem assistir Dumbo. Mas esse livro me cativou de um jeito diferente, eu amei muito, e a nota final da autora foi a cereja do bolo. perfeito. 🐘🤍