Monteverde: Memoirs of an Interstellar Linguist
( Spanish - El informe Monteverde - 2005 )
novella by Lola Robles
translated by Lawrence Schimel
Published: Aqueduct Press - trade paperback - 2016
ISBN: 1619761173 / 9781619761179
synopsis
Terran scholar Rachel Monteverde journeys to Aanuk, a paradisiacal planet famous for both its beaches and the generosity and joy of life of its nomadic inhabitants. The Aanukiens are not the only people on the planet, however: Rachel is eager to meet the Fihdia, a cave-dwelling people who share a congenital condition that makes them blind. Rachel’s relentless determination to communicate with them despite the Aanukien’s dismissal and the Fihdia’s secretiveness will yield more than she ever hoped for.
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( Spanish - El informe Monteverde - 2005 )
novella by Lola Robles
translated by Lawrence Schimel
Published: Aqueduct Press - trade paperback - 2016
ISBN: 1619761173 / 9781619761179
synopsis
Terran scholar Rachel Monteverde journeys to Aanuk, a paradisiacal planet famous for both its beaches and the generosity and joy of life of its nomadic inhabitants. The Aanukiens are not the only people on the planet, however: Rachel is eager to meet the Fihdia, a cave-dwelling people who share a congenital condition that makes them blind. Rachel’s relentless determination to communicate with them despite the Aanukien’s dismissal and the Fihdia’s secretiveness will yield more than she ever hoped for.
awards
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