by Sara Gruen · Amsterdam · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788496767423
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«Aigua per a elefants» is the romantic and historical novel by Sara Gruen, published by Amsterdam in paperback (360 pages, in Catalan).
During the Great Depression, Jacob Jankowski, a veterinary student who has just lost his parents, joins a third-rate travelling circus. There he falls in love with Marlena, the horse and elephant trainer, wife of August, the trainer, and meets Rosie, an apparently untameable elephant who keeps a secret.
Original title in English: Water for Elephants. Catalan translation by Marina Huguet, Núria Vallet and Marta Vilella. The work won the 2007 Book Sense Book of the Year Award and the ALA Alex Award.
For readers of romantic and historical fiction in Catalan who want to discover the book that inspired the film starring Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon.
Sara Gruen is a Canadian-American author. She is a 2007 recipient of the Alex Award for young adult literature.
