APE HOUSE

Book ID/图书代码： 14560006B08573

English Summary/英文概要： Sam, Bonzi, Lola, Mbongo, Jelani, and Makena are no ordinary apes. These bonobos, like others of their species, are capable of reason and carrying on deep relationships—but unlike most bonobos, they also know American Sign Language.

Isabel Duncan, a scientist at the Great Ape Language Lab, doesn’t understand people, but animals she gets—especially the bonobos. Isabel feels more comfortable in their world than she’s ever felt among humans . . . until she meets John Thigpen, a very married reporter who braves the ever-present animal rights protesters outside the lab to see what’s really going on inside.

When an explosion rocks the lab, severely injuring Isabel and “liberating” the apes, John’s human interest piece turns into the story of a lifetime, one he’ll risk his career and his marriage to follow. Then a reality TV show featuring the missing apes debuts under mysterious circumstances, and it immediately becomes the biggest—and unlikeliest—phenomenon in the history of modern media. Millions of fans are glued to their screens watching the apes order greasy take-out, have generous amounts of sex, and sign for Isabel to come get them. Now, to save her family of apes from this parody of human life, Isabel must connect with her own kind, including John, a green-haired vegan, and a retired porn star with her own agenda.

Ape House delivers great entertainment, but it also opens the animal world to us in ways few novels have done, securing Sara Gruen’s place as a master storyteller who allows us to see ourselves as we never have before.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 这是一本关于亲情，勇气，纯真和人与动物之间恒久的爱的故事。这是一部现代水泥丛林里的野性传奇。位于堪萨斯城的黑猩猩语言实验室是个特殊的大家庭：伊莎贝尔和她照管下的六只黑猩猩。受过训练的黑猩猩拥有出众的语言能力，他们可以像真正的家人那样沟通玩耍，彼此信任。在伊莎贝尔眼里，它们是比人类更好的朋友。然而，一次飞来横祸使这个家雨打风吹散。黑猩猩们神秘消失，伊莎贝尔也身受重伤，面部严重毁容。

到底谁是这一切的幕后黑手？为了将黑猩猩从人类的贪婪和荒唐中拯救出来，伊莎贝尔决心走出脆弱的自我…… 书中聪明可人的黑猩猩也有着现实中的原型。作者现与丈夫、三个孩子、四只猫、两头羊、两条狗、一匹马同住在芝加哥北部的生态小区，对人与动物间的生活观察十分熟悉。该书出版后，受到读者和媒体的一致好评。《巴诺书店评论》认为：格鲁恩描写动物的天赋还是像在《大象的眼泪》里那样出众。《洛杉矶时报》评论说：莎拉·格鲁恩无疑是真心喜欢动物，或许她希望这本书能给黑猩猩带来些改变，它们尽管学会了如何与我们说话，然而还没能教会我们如何倾听。

Awards/获奖情况：great new blurbs for Sara Gruen’s APE HOUSE:
“I read Ape House in one joyous breath. Ever an advocate for animals, Gruen brings them to life with the passion of a novelist and the accuracy of a scientist. She has already done more for bonobos than I could do in a lifetime. The novel is immaculately researched and lovingly crafted. If people fall in love with our forgotten, fascinating, endangered relative, it will be because of Ape House.”---Vanessa Woods, author of Bonobo Handshake

“Sara Gruen knows things—she knows them in her mind and in her heart. And, out of what she knows, she has created a true thriller that is addictive from its opening sentence. Devour it to find out what happens next, but also to learn remarkable and moving things about life on this planet. Very, very few novels can change the way you look at the world around you. This one does.”---Robert Goolrick, author of A Reliable Wife

Also, American retail chain BJs has chosen APE HOUSE as a September Book Club Pick.

About the Author/作者介绍： SARA GRUEN, the author of Water for Elephants, moved to the United States from Canada in 1999 for a job as a technical writer. She was laid off in 2001 and decided to pursue a lifelong dream of writing fiction. She has published three novels, each involving animals as full-fledged characters; the first two, Riding Lessons and Flying Changes, about horses, were published as mass market originals. Gruen lives in North Carolina with her husband, three sons, and a menagerie of rescued animals. She donates a portion of her earnings from all of her books to various animal charities.

Format:HARDCOVER

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