Água aos elefantes
By: Sara Gruen ; tradução de Virgílio Viseu
Contributors: Viseu, Virgílio
Publisher: Difel
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lisboa
Language: por
Number of pages: 395
ISBN-13: 9789722908795
Subjects: Circus; Fiction; Depressions; Circus performers
Work titles: Water for elephants
Description: A novel of star-crossed lovers, set in the circus world circa 1932. When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, grifters, and misfits, a second-rate circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression, making one-night stands in town after endless town. A veterinary student who almost earned his degree, Jacob is put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It is there that he meets Marlena, the beautiful young star of the equestrian act, who is married to August, the charismatic but twisted animal trainer. He also meets Rosie, an elephant who seems untrainable until he discovers a way to reach her.