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The Curve of the World
After New York businessman Lewis Burke's plane makes an emergency landing in a remote area in Congo basin, armed rebels seize the aircraft, forcing Lewis to flee into the rainforest. As he struggles to survive the unrelenting heat, battling thirst and hunger, he confronts his darkest fears and greatest disappointments: his crumbling marriage; his distant relationship with his seven-year-old son, Shane; and the lack of meaning in his life.
When Lewis's wife, Helen, discovers that he has disappeared, she dares to search for him herself. As she and Shane trek upriver into the forbidding forest, thwarded at every turn by the military conflict raging around them, the boy's visions and dreams of his father give Helen hope. Meanwhile, Lewis is rescued -- and ushered deeper into the jungle -- by a young Congolese boy, who helps him find a side of himself he thought he'd lost.
A stirring adventure, The Curve of the World is a riveting story about crossing barriers and regaining love, and about the resilience and tenacity of the human spirit.
When Lewis's wife, Helen, discovers that he has disappeared, she dares to search for him herself. As she and Shane trek upriver into the forbidding forest, thwarded at every turn by the military conflict raging around them, the boy's visions and dreams of his father give Helen hope. Meanwhile, Lewis is rescued -- and ushered deeper into the jungle -- by a young Congolese boy, who helps him find a side of himself he thought he'd lost.
A stirring adventure, The Curve of the World is a riveting story about crossing barriers and regaining love, and about the resilience and tenacity of the human spirit.
Book Details
- Publisher: Atria Books
- Publish Date: Aug 5th, 2003
- Pages: 320
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.42in - 5.32in - 0.84in - 0.61lb
- EAN: 9780743470827
- Categories: • Literary• Action & Adventure
About the Author
Marcus Stevens lives in Montana with his wife and three children. He has traveled widely in Africa. The Curve of the World is his first novel.
Praise for this book
USA Today Tense and evocative...Stevens captures the overwhelming forces of African nature.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer [A] taut, well-paced adventure.
San Francisco Chronicle A gripping read.
Boston Herald A very good first novel...that is delivered with greatpanache and telling detail.
Winston-Salem Journal Stevens's novel succeeds in combining a suspenseful plot with deeper meaning in a way that contemporary literature only infrequently manages.