Ape house

a novel

by

316 pages

English language

Published Jan. 22, 2011 by Anchor Canada.

ISBN:
978-0-385-66445-5
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OCLC Number:
723451055

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4 stars (1 review)

Isabel Duncan, a scientist at the Great Ape Language Lab, doesn't understand people, but apes, she gets. When an explosion rocks the lab, a reporter's piece turns into the story of a lifetime and Isabel must connect with her own kind to save her family of apes from a new form of human exploitation.

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reviewed Ape house by Sara Gruen

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4 stars

Very pleasant, elegant and fast read - and immediately gripping. It's hard not to be fascinated by our bonobo ape cousins; the way Gruen portrays the human-ape connection made me want to give this five stars, but the plot was lacking something. I have a feeling she was on a deadline and wasn't able to craft the story as well as she could have.

I have not read any of her other books yet, but Water for Elephants is towards the top of my list now.

Subjects

  • Human-animal relationships
  • Fiction