{"product_id":"les-racines-du-ciel","title":"Les Racines du ciel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook info:\u003c\/strong\u003e Les Racines du ciel (Paperback, 448 pages – GALLIMARD, 1956) – GALLIMARD, 1956. Language: Fra.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1956 this book exploded into the world. A huge bestseller in France, it won the country's most prestigious award, the Prix Goncourt. In the US it was an immediate bestseller, and the basis of a spectacular movie. Why? Gary was hardly a household name. French novels were rarely a popular success. But the subject-the deliberate and relentless hunting and killing of elephants for their ivory-and the characters he depicted were vivid and unforgettable. Morel, a former dentist whose survival in a Nazi concentration camp he attributes to his fixation on the freedom and companionability of elephants, travels to Africa intent on stopping the slaughter. He circulates a petition demanding their killing be made illegal. It attracts two a disgraced American from the Korean War and a call girl described as \"just another animal who needed protection.\" From here things get really interesting-politically, socially and culturally. Morel realizes that action is necessary; a notorious elephant hunter is shot in the buttocks, while a female trophy hunter is stripped naked and publicly whipped. \"You never teach a man anything by killing him,\" he observes, \"On the contrary you make him forget everything.\" He gains a following-some drawn by his cause, some by political expediency, some by a need to believe in something, anything, bigger than themselves. He is chased and cornered at Lake Kuru, where a vast assemblage of elephants has converged to drink, and where this novel concludes in a brilliant and memorable climax.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Romain Gary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53100165267680,"sku":"9782070167661","price":108.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/5681\/6608\/files\/7175mhDyAYL._SY522.jpg?v=1781715912","url":"https:\/\/medicalbook.online\/products\/les-racines-du-ciel","provider":"medicalbook.online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}