The Snake Tree

Uwe Timm

After running over an Acaray snake in South America, Wagner’s luck changes and he becomes engulfed in a web of mayhem.

The Snake Tree

Fiction by Uwe Timm

Translated from German by Peter Tegel

Edited by Peter Tegel

Wagner, an all-efficient German engineer, takes in hand the job of rescuing a floundering construction project in the South American rain forest. But before he even reaches the site, his car runs over an emerald-green Acaray snake–marking him, according to local beliefs, for death. Things go from bad to worse. Wagner’s slowly degenerating colleagues are useless; his attempts to help the workers bring on a strike that the military regime suppresses; and he botches up the Company’s delicate system of bribery. The building is sinking into the red mud faster than it is being built. Losing ground, Wagner tensely observes himself losing balance and events take an ugly turn.

Clothbound(published Apr, 17 1990)

ISBN
9780811211017
Trim Size
6x8
Page Count
281
Portrait of Uwe Timm

Uwe Timm

Contemporary German author