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- PublisherBlack Swan
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 1869417941
- ISBN 13 9781869417949
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. 359 pages. Cover wornIn 1904, the young lepidopterist Thomas Edgar arrives home from a collecting expedition in the Amazon. Hi s young wife Sophie is unprepared for his emaciated state and, ev en worse, his inability - or unwillingness - to speak. Sophie's g enteel and demure life in Edwardian England contrasts starkly wit h the decadence of Brazil's rubber boom, as we are taken back to Thomas's arrival in the Amazon and his search for a mythical butt erfly. Up the river, via the opulent city of Manaus - where the i nhabitants feed their horses champagne and aspire to all things E uropean - Thomas's extraordinary, and increasingly obsessed, jour ney carries him through the exotic and the erotic to some terribl e truths. Back home, unable to break through Thomas's silence, So phie is forced to take increasingly drastic measures to discover what has happened. But as she scavenges what she can from Thomas' s diaries and boxes of exquisite butterflies, she learns as much about herself as about her husband. Seller Inventory # 2676f
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Book Description Condition: Good. In 1904, the young lepidopterist Thomas Edgar arrives home from a collecting expedition in the Amazon. His young wife Sophie is unprepared for his emaciated state and, even worse, his inability - or unwillingness - to speak. Sophie's genteel and demure life in Edwardian England contrasts starkly with the decadence of Brazil's rubber boom, as we are taken back to Thomas's arrival in the Amazon and his search for a mythical butterfly. Up the river, via the opulent city of Manaus - where the inhabitants feed their horses champagne and aspire to all things European - Thomas's extraordinary, and increasingly obsessed, journey carries him through the exotic and the erotic to some terrible truths.Back home, unable to break through Thomas's silence, Sophie is forced to take increasingly drastic measures to discover what has happened. But as she scavenges what she can from Thomas's diaries and boxes of exquisite butterflies, she learns as much about herself as about her husband. 359 pages. Seller Inventory # 1300768
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Book Description Condition: Good. In 1904, the young lepidopterist Thomas Edgar arrives home from a collecting expedition in the Amazon. His young wife Sophie is unprepared for his emaciated state and, even worse, his inability - or unwillingness - to speak. Sophie's genteel and demure life in Edwardian England contrasts starkly with the decadence of Brazil's rubber boom, as we are taken back to Thomas's arrival in the Amazon and his search for a mythical butterfly. Up the river, via the opulent city of Manaus - where the inhabitants feed their horses champagne and aspire to all things European - Thomas's extraordinary, and increasingly obsessed, journey carries him through the exotic and the erotic to some terrible truths.Back home, unable to break through Thomas's silence, Sophie is forced to take increasingly drastic measures to discover what has happened. But as she scavenges what she can from Thomas's diaries and boxes of exquisite butterflies, she learns as much about herself as about her husband. 359 pages. Seller Inventory # 1053805
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Book Description Condition: Good. In 1904, the young lepidopterist Thomas Edgar arrives home from a collecting expedition in the Amazon. His young wife Sophie is unprepared for his emaciated state and, even worse, his inability - or unwillingness - to speak. Sophie's genteel and demure life in Edwardian England contrasts starkly with the decadence of Brazil's rubber boom, as we are taken back to Thomas's arrival in the Amazon and his search for a mythical butterfly. Up the river, via the opulent city of Manaus - where the inhabitants feed their horses champagne and aspire to all things European - Thomas's extraordinary, and increasingly obsessed, journey carries him through the exotic and the erotic to some terrible truths.Back home, unable to break through Thomas's silence, Sophie is forced to take increasingly drastic measures to discover what has happened. But as she scavenges what she can from Thomas's diaries and boxes of exquisite butterflies, she learns as much about herself as about her husband. 359 pages. Seller Inventory # 1131943
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Good To Worn - Browned. First Edition. A Previous owner's name is wrtiien in the front. Seller Inventory # 068187
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