by Sara Gruen · Alfaguara · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420407494
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«Agua para elefantes» is the romantic novel by Sara Gruen, published by Alfaguara in 2011, in paperback (472 pages, in Spanish).
In the 1930s, Jacob, a veterinarian who has lost everything, joins a travelling circus to care for its animals. Between the harshness of those years and the glitter of the ring, he finds friendship, a forbidden love and the elephant Rosie; decades later, now an old man, he recalls the events and the secret that marked his life.
Work originally published in English as Water for Elephants in 2006; this Spanish edition belongs to the Literaturas collection and was the basis for the film starring Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon.
For readers of romance and historical fiction, especially those who enjoy plots set in the circus and the 1930s.
Sara Gruen is a Canadian-American author. She is a 2007 recipient of the Alex Award for young adult literature.
