Slangen i Sydney
by Michael Larsen
On This Page
Description
Divorced 30-something Annika Niebuhr has been fascinated by snakes since her Danish childhood, and as a doctor in Sydney she has made snake bites her speciality. When a woman is brought to her having been bitten by a taipan - the world's most dangerous snake, not native to Sydney - Annika realises it is attempted murder. When a close friend 'commits suicide' and then she encounters a taipan herself, she suspects a conspiracy to conceal an impending catastrophe. A thriller that embraces show more fascinating facts and myths about snakes, and pits the certainties of science against faith, emotion and the paranormal, and whose climax involves a seemingly far-fetched astrological incident - which actually happened after the book's original publication. show lessTags
Recommendations
Member Reviews
Spannender Thriller, hauptsächlich mit australischen Giftschlangen, aber auch langatmig (häufig) und irreal
Jun 17, 2012German
Ratings
Members
- Recently Added By
Published Reviews
ThingScore 75
Die komplexe und teilweise kunstvoll versponnene Geschichte ist gespickt mit Informationen über Schlangen und deren Verhaltens- und Lebensweise, aber die Hauptreflexionen des Buches bestehen in ausgedehnten Exkursen in die Physik und die wichtigsten Theorien der Menschheitsgeschichte. Somit ist das Buch "Im Zeichen der Schlange" nicht nur, trotz seines Endes, ein spannender und mitreissender show more Krimi, sondern auch Exkurs über das Leben im Kleinsten und Grössten, Atom und Universum und das menschliche Gehirn. show less
added by Indy133
Author Information
8 Works 191 Members
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title*
- Sydneyn arvoitus
- Original title
- Slangen i Sydney
- Original publication date
- 1997
*Some information comes from Common Knowledge in other languages. Click "Edit" for more information.
Classifications
- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, Suspense & Thriller, Mystery
- DDC/MDS
- 839.81374 — Literature & rhetoric German & related literatures Other Germanic literatures Danish and Norwegian literatures Danish Danish fiction 1900–2000 Late 20th century 1945–2000
- LCC
- PT8176.22 .A7155 .S53 — Language and Literature German, Dutch and Scandinavian literatures Danish literature Individual authors or works 1961-2000
Statistics
- Members
- 59
- Popularity
- 504,789
- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (2.78)
- Languages
- 7 — Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Norwegian
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 20
- ASINs
- 1
