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The High Mountains Of Portugal: A Novel (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)
The High Mountains Of Portugal A Novel - Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition Author:Yann Martel FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. In Lisbon in 1904, a young man named Tom discovers an old journal. It hints at the existence of an extraordinary artifact that--if he can find it--would redefine history. Traveling in one of Europe's earliest automobiles, he sets out in search of this strange treasure. Thirty-five years later, a Portuguese ... more »pathologist devoted to the murder mysteries of Agatha Christie finds himself at the center of a mystery of his own and drawn into the consequences of Tom's quest. Fifty years on, a Canadian senator takes refuge in his ancestral village in northern Portugal, grieving the loss of his beloved wife. But he arrives with an unusual companion: a chimpanzee. And there the century-old quest will come to an unexpected conclusion. The High Mountains of Portugal --part quest, part ghost story, part contemporary fable--offers a haunting exploration of great love and great loss.« less