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The Snake Tree: Novel
Uwe Timm
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Description for The Snake Tree: Novel
hardcover. Num Pages: 281 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 143 x 27. Weight in Grams: 434.
Wagner, an all-efficient German engineer, takes in hand the job of rescuing a floundering construction project in the South American rain forest. But before he even reaches the site, his car runs over an emerald-green Acaray snake--marking him, according to local beliefs, for death. Things go from bad to worse. Wagner's slowly degenerating colleagues are useless; his attempts to help the workers bring on a strike that the military regime suppresses; and he botches up the Company's delicate system of bribery. The building is sinking into the red mud faster than it is being built. Losing ground, Wagner tensely observes ... Read more
Wagner, an all-efficient German engineer, takes in hand the job of rescuing a floundering construction project in the South American rain forest. But before he even reaches the site, his car runs over an emerald-green Acaray snake--marking him, according to local beliefs, for death. Things go from bad to worse. Wagner's slowly degenerating colleagues are useless; his attempts to help the workers bring on a strike that the military regime suppresses; and he botches up the Company's delicate system of bribery. The building is sinking into the red mud faster than it is being built. Losing ground, Wagner tensely observes ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
New Directions United States
Number of pages
281
Condition
New
Number of Pages
281
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780811211017
SKU
V9780811211017
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99-10
About Uwe Timm
Uwe Timm was born in Hamburg, Germany. His first novel, Hot Summer, was published in 1974. New Directions publishes five of his novels, including the German best selling, The Invention of Curried Sausage, and the award winning, Morenga. After apprenticing as a furrier, Timm studied philosophy and philology in Paris and Munich. He is the 1989 winner of the Munich ... Read more
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