Elefant, Martin Suter
Elefant, Martin Suter
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Elefant

Author: Martin Suter, Jamie Bulloch

Narrator: Ash Rizi

Unabridged: 6 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Fourth Estate

Published: 05/31/2018


Synopsis

The international bestseller about friendship, second chances, and a tiny glow-in-the-dark pink elephant ‘’ Elizabeth McKenzie, author of The Portable Veblen 'I loved Elefant! It was ' Seni Glaister, author of The Museum of Things Left Behind ‘ because it's easy to fall in love with its main character, a tiny, glowing, pink elephant.’ Homer Hickam, author of Carry Albert Home What would you do if you woke up to see a living, breathing, tiny, glowing, pink elephant? If you’re anything like Schoch, who lives on the streets of Zürich and is decidedly down on his luck, you might well think it’s time to put away the bottle before your hallucinations get any stranger, and go back to sleep. But what if the tiny pink elephant is still there when you wake up? And clearly needs someone to take care of it? And what if you discover that it’s been created through genetic engineering, by a group of scientists who just want to use it to get rich and don’t care about the elephant’s welfare? And that they’re in cahoots with a circus and will stop at nothing to get it back? What if this little elephant is about to change your life?What would you do if you woke up to see a living, breathing, tiny, glowing, pink elephant? If you’re anything like Schoch, who lives on the streets of Zürich and is decidedly down on his luck, you might well think it’s time to put away the bottle before your hallucinations get any stranger, and go back to sleep. But what if the tiny pink elephant is still there when you wake up? And clearly needs someone to take care of it? And what if you discover that it’s been created through genetic engineering, by a group of scientists who just want to use it to get rich and don’t care about the elephant’s welfare? And that they’re in cahoots with a circus and will stop at nothing to get it back? What if this little elephant is about to change your life?

About Martin Suter

Martin Suter, born in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1948, is a novelist, screenwriter, and newspaper columnist. He has written a dozen novels, many of them bestsellers in Europe and translated into thirty-two languages.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jan (lost pages) on June 02, 2017

Meinung: "Elefant" ist mein erstes Buch von Martin Suter, bin also ziemlich neugierig in die Geschichte gestartet. Von der habe ich mir allerdings viel erhofft, weil ich im Vorfeld einiges Gutes gehört habe. Letztendlich mochte ich das Buch ganz gerne, kann mich aber den ganzen Lobeshymnen nicht voll......more

Goodreads review by Kara on August 03, 2024

3,5/ 5 Eine eigentlich süße Geschichte, jedoch ziemlich vorhersehbar und deshalb wenig spannend; Die Figuren überwiegend klischeehaft dargestellt.......more

Goodreads review by Alexa on February 27, 2017

Endlich mal wieder ein Buch, was mich von der ersten bis zur letzten Seite fesseln konnte. Es ist so packend und spannend geschrieben, dass ich es innerhalb von 2 Tagen ausgelesen habe. Und der kleine rosa Elefant ist einfach zum knuddeln und lieb haben. Das Buch hat mir richtig viel Spaß gemacht!......more


Quotes

‘A very gripping story which tugs at your heartstrings’ Neue Deutsche Rundfunk, Hannover ‘The topic (genetic engineering) is serious, the pace swift, the plot excellently constructed.’Tages-Anzeiger, Zürich ‘A quirky tale composed with tangible joy’ Landshuter Zeitung ‘Written in short chapters, like a thriller, and rich in flashbacks and jumps forward, Elefant is a gripping read’ Les Echos Weekend, France ‘A mind-blowing contemporary fable … endearing, bizarre, irresistible and exhilarating’ Page des Libraires, France ‘The novel is artfully structured, and the unexpected shifts in narrative perspective guarantee a gripping read. I found it absorbing from the very start. Not a single page is superfluous’ MDR, Leipzig