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Adult Books - Fiction - General Fiction
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Darwin’s Wink.
Anderson, Alison (author).
Nov. 2004. 288p. St. Martin’s/Thomas Dunne, hardcover, $23.95 (0-312-33199-1).
REVIEW.
First published September 1, 2004 (Booklist).
In an elegiac and haunting tale of healing and survival, two emotionally wounded biologists find solace in each other as they struggle to save a rare bird from the brink of extinction. Situated just off the coast of Mauritius, Egret Island is a fragile environment. Within the refuge provided by its primitive conditions, Fran, an American naturalist, and Christian, her Swiss assistant, withdraw to atone for losses in which they unwittingly played a part. For Fran it was the death, perhaps murder, of her lover and previous assistant, while Christian copes with the loss of the woman he loved while working for the Red Cross in war-torn Bosnia. As tortured as they are by their pasts, however, they must also confront a sinister future as the island’s inhabitants, and nature, conspire to destroy everything they are trying to protect. Luminously written, with a hypnotic sensuality that fairly shimmers, Anderson’s deeply affecting tale of the beauty and brutality of nature pits the forces of evolution against the fragility of emotion. — Carol Haggas
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