The High Mountains of Portugal
The High Mountains of Portugal
Yann Martel
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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERLost in Portugal. Lost to grief. With nothing but a chimpanzee.The extraordinary new novel from the author of Life of Pi. In Lisbon in 1904, a young man named Tomás discovers an old journal. It hints at the location of an extraordinary artefact that - if it exists - would redefine history. Travelling in one of Europe's earliest automobiles, he sets out in search of this treasure. Some thirty-five years later, a Portuguese pathologist finds himself at the centre of a murder mystery.Fifty years on, a Canadian senator takes refuge in northern Portugal, grieving the loss of his beloved wife. But he comes to his ancestral village with an unusual companion: a chimpanzee.The High Mountains of Portugal takes the reader on a road trip through Portugal in the last century - and through the human soul.
Product Description
Title - The High Mountains of Portugal
Edition -
Author - Yann Martel
ISBN 13 - 9781782114697
Imprint - Canongate Books
Publisher - Canongate Books
Date Published - 02/02/2016
Prize -
No. of pages -
Binding Type - Hardback
Dimensions - 162 x 240 x 32mm
Weight - 603 g
Languages - English