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How to Raise an Elephant

Autor Alexander McCall Smith
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 7 sep 2021

Recomandăm acest volum ca pe o lecție despre cum genul polițist poate fi reinventat prin blândețe. În loc de violență, găsim introspecție. În loc de indicii sângeroase, avem intuiție umană. How to Raise an Elephant este al 21-lea capitol din celebra serie No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. Atmosfera din Gaborone devine sufocantă sub arșița soarelui. Afacerile stagnează. Precious Ramotswe observă tensiuni între noii vecini. Totul se schimbă când un văr cere ajutorul. Mma Ramotswe și Mma Makutsi își unesc forțele. Una aduce prudența, cealaltă spiritul critic. Între timp, ucenicul Charlie se comportă suspect. Împrumută duba agenției. O returnează în stare deplorabilă. Urmează o expediție nocturnă riscantă alături de mecanicul J. L. B. Matekoni. Considerăm că miza nu este doar rezolvarea unui caz, ci păstrarea armoniei comunității. Dacă The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency v-a captivat prin prospețimea debutului, această carte extinde experiența în direcția maturității emoționale și a acceptării defectelor celor dragi. Alexander McCall Smith păstrează tonul cald din The Perfect Passion Company, demonstrând că misterele cele mai profunde sunt cele ale inimii. Este o proză a detaliului semnificativ, unde o felie de prăjitură cu fructe rezolvă mai multe decât o cătușă.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780593310953
ISBN-10: 0593310950
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 129 x 200 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Editura: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

De ce să citești această carte

Dacă sunteți în căutarea unui roman polițist atipic, unde empatia contează mai mult decât probele ADN, aceasta este alegerea perfectă. Cititorul câștigă o perspectivă optimistă asupra rezolvării conflictelor umane. Este o lectură reconfortantă pentru cei care apreciază ritmul lent, umorul discret și decorul exotic al Botswanei, oferind o pauză binemeritată de la adrenalina thrillerelor clasice.


Despre autor

Alexander McCall Smith, născut în fosta Rhodezie de Sud, este un autor britanic de un succes răsunător, cu peste 40 de milioane de exemplare vândute. Fost profesor de drept medical la Universitatea din Edinburgh, acesta a transpus expertiza sa despre etică și comportament uman în literatură. Este creatorul celebrei serii No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, care a pus Botswana pe harta literară mondială. Recunoscut pentru stilul său plin de compasiune și spirit ludic, autorul a fost tradus în 46 de limbi, devenind o figură emblematică a literaturii contemporane care celebrează bunătatea și decența.


Descriere scurtă

"The next book in the perennially adored No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series sees Precious Ramotswe calling upon all her maternal instincts when she's faced with a two-ton case. They say it takes a village to raise a child, but can Mma Ramotswe and the rest of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency come together to raise a pipsqueak pachyderm? We may find out in this novel. We may not. Who can say?"--

Notă biografică

ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH is the author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency novels and of a number of other series and stand-alone books. His works have been translated into more than forty languages and have been best sellers throughout the world. He lives in Scotland.

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The latest instalment from the beloved THE NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY seriesCatch up on the latest from Mma Ramotswe, Mma Makutsi and other favourites in this new instalment of Alexander McCall Smith's The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.

As the temperature rises in Gaborone, Precious Ramotswe, founder of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, wonders whether the heat could be the reason that business is particularly slow. Luckily, a slower pace in life is her natural preference, unlike her colleague Mma Makutsi, who is alert to every passing observation and inclined to making snap decisions.

With fewer cases to handle, Precious has time to contemplate her new neighbours, a couple who, by the sounds of it, have a rather volatile relationship . . .

But then a distant cousin of Mma Ramotswe's comes to the agency with a plea for help, and the ladies decide to pursue the issue together. Armed with Mma Ramotswe's circumspection and Mma Makutsi's sharp eye, they proceed with confidence and open hearts. What, after all, could be more straightforward than a family matter?Meanwhile, their colleague Charlie is behaving oddly, borrowing Mma Ramotswe's van and returning it in an unusual condition.

Digging a little deeper, the explanation is both strange and extraordinary, and takes Charlie, along with Mma Ramotswe's husband, Mr J. L. B.

Matekoni, on a hair-raising night-time expedition. In the end, Precious is reminded of the need to view a picture from every angle, to accept the imperfections in people and situations, and then find a solution - preferably over a delicious slice of her friend Mma Potokwani's fruit cake. 'Irresistible'The Times'Every page contains a gem of wit and insight'Scotsman


Recenzii

Blake may have been able to see the world in a grain of sand, but McCall Smith can encapsulate the human condition in a plate of stewed pumpkin. His talent is to see the god in small things
Nothing will dim the charm of McCall Smith's series, with its portraits of goodness, its sorrow over greed and its profound love of Africa. They are among the greatest comfort-reads of all time, written in plain, elegant prose
The hypnotic ease of McCall Smith's style makes everything clear almost instantly . . . Throughout the Botswana landscape is richly evoked. Happiness and quiet wisdom prevail
Everything about [McCall Smith] is appealing. He's just full of delight - it just bubbles out of him
As the temperature rises in Gaborone, Precious Ramotswe, founder of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, wonders whether the heat could be the reason that business is particularly slow. Luckily, a slower pace in life is her natural preference, unlike her colleague Mma Makutsi, who is alert to every passing observation and inclined to making snap decisions. With fewer cases to handle, Precious has time to contemplate her new neighbours, a couple who, by the sounds of it, have a rather volatile relationship . . .

But then a distant cousin of Mma Ramotswe's comes to the agency with a plea for help, and the ladies decide to pursue the issue together. Armed with Mma Ramotswe's circumspection and Mma Makutsi's sharp eye, they proceed with confidence and open hearts. What, after all, could be more straightforward than a family matter?

Meanwhile, their colleague Charlie is behaving oddly, borrowing Mma Ramotswe's van and returning it in an unusual condition. Digging a little deeper, the explanation is both strange and extraordinary, and takes Charlie, along with Mma Ramotswe's husband, Mr J. L. B. Matekoni, on a hair-raising night-time expedition.

In the end, Precious is reminded of the need to view a picture from every angle, to accept the imperfections in people and situations, and then find a solution - preferably over a delicious slice of her friend Mma Potokwani's fruit cake.