Jamrach's Menagerie

11 hrs. 23 min.

Language Russian

Author Carol Birch

Narrator Kirsanov Sergey

Description

Meeting the owner of a London menagerie, Charles Jemrack, changed the fate of young Jaffy Brown, opening to him an unknown world of exotic animals and exciting adventures. A voyage to the far seas with his inseparable friend Tim nearly cost him his life and became a harsh test of faith, will, and friendship.
Carol Birch is a well-known English writer, author of eleven novels, winner of many literary prizes. Her novel “Jemrack’s Menagerie” was nominated for the Orange Prize for Fiction and made the Man Booker Prize shortlist for 2011. The plot is based on a real story about the miraculous rescue of a boy who ended up in a tiger’s jaws, and also on a documentary account of the tragic death of the whaling ship “Essex.”