Mendel's Dwarf

ISBN-13: 9780349000053 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 320 str.

Simon Mawer

Opis

The issue of genetic engineering and the possibility of using it to seek revenge and play God are the theme of this book that uses a dwarf called Lambert, a connection to Mendel, and an unrequited love affair to weave a 21st century fable.

Recenzje

This is a rare read: a scientifically informed, passionately intelligent novel which is also deeply moving Telegraph

O autorze

Simon Mawer was born in 1948 in England, and spent his childhood there, in Cyprus and in Malta. He then moved to Italy, where he and his family lived for more than thirty years while he taught at the British International School in Rome. He and his wife currently divide their time between Italy and Hastings. Simon Mawer is the author of several novels including the Man Booker shortlisted The Glass Room, The Girl Who Fell from the Sky, Tightrope and Prague Spring.