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Sto caricando le informazioni... ELEPHANT SONG (originale 1991; edizione 1991)di Wilbur Smith (Autore)
Informazioni sull'operaIl canto dell'elefante di Wilbur Smith (1991)
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. En Zimbabwe, el doctor Armstrong, naturalista mundialmente famoso, filma para la televisión la matanza de una manada de elefantes llevada a cabo por traficantes de marfil. La sangre y los cantos de muerte de los animales logran conmover su frío profesionalismo. Entretanto, en Londres, una joven antropóloga se enfrenta con los accionistas de una corporación, a los que advierte sobre la destrucción de un país africano y de un pueblo que ha llegado a amar como propio. I have not read any books by Wilbur Smith previously and I probably would not have read this one except I was on holidays and had run out of reading material so I thought I would give this one a try. It reminded me a lot of Ian Fleming’s Bond books that I read when I was a teenager because my brother had a stash of them. It was written in 1991 which perhaps explains the faintly chauvinistic tone but still rubbed me the wrong way. Daniel Armstrong was born in Africa in what was then Rhodesia. As a young white man he fought for Ian Smith’s forces until he saw the unfairness of the fight. He loves Africa and its peoples and makes his living by producing films about Africa. He has returned to Chiwewe National Park in Zimbabwe where he worked as a park ranger. He is making a film about the elephants and the illegal ivory trade which accounts for the slaughter of hundreds of elephants each year. The National Park also kills elephants because there are too many to be supported in the park. From these cullings and confiscations from poachers the park has built up an enormous stockpile of ivory tusks. This has drawn the attention of the Taiwanese Ambassador, Ning Cheng Gong, who is a collector of ivory. He wants a very special gift for his father because that would cement him as the heir to his father’s enormous empire. With the help of Chittie Singh, a middleman for poachers all across Africa, he has arranged for the ranger’s stash to be stolen. This necessitates killing the ranger, Johnny Nzou, his family and servants. Daniel, who has been friends with Johnny since childhood, discovers the bodies and Johnny’s dying note which fingers Ning. He then makes it his mission to avenge the deaths by whatever means necessary. Of course this involves beautiful women and dangerous deeds but he triumphs in the end. I’m not a prude but there is way too much description of violent sexual acts which I found entirely unnecessary for the storyline. I know they were probably meant to show how horrible the bad guys were but slaughtering animals, killing men, women and children and enslaving others and raping the land would have been enough for me to understand they were bad. I won’t be looking for any more books by Wilbur Smith. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Appartiene alle Collane EditorialiGoldmann (42368)
An internationally renowned ecologist embarks on a quest to stop the ivory trade in Africa and resorts to violent measures after his lifelong friend is murdered by poachers. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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