Hale’s descriptions of ape life brim with metaphors for the human condition. His raw memoir, as Hale imagines it, explores the overlooked but central aspects of humanity that people take for granted-and one infinitely curious ape cannot. Bruno’s descriptions range from shockingly crude to heartbreakingly honest. When sudden tragedy forces Bruno to live independently, he continues to explore the human condition from the unique perspective of an outsider. Raised by Lydia as an emotional replacement for her own stillborn son and dead husband, the two develop a deeply emotional, and eventually sexual, relationship. Lydia Littlemore, a unorthodox primatologist who questions conventional scientific methods and soon brings Bruno home with her. He immediately falls in love with the young Dr. He arrives at the University of Chicago to undergo years of exhibition and learning, all part of a series of experiments to test the limits of chimpanzee intelligence.

Researchers single out Bruno, born in the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, Ill., for his uniquely human personality. He narrates his story from confinement, yet Hale’s intensely descriptive and ostentatious prose gives Bruno the only right he ever sought: humanity. Written as a sprawling memoir, the novel chronicles 25 years in the life of Bruno Littlemore, a talking chimpanzee-educated, artistic and a convicted murderer. The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore goes beyond satire by showing us not what it means, but what it feels like be human - to love and lose, learn, aspire, grasp, and, in the.“The least I can do,” famed primatologist Jane Goodall once said about her work with animals, “is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves.” Benjamin Hale’s debut novel seems to have the same goal, with a twist-rather than speaking for the mute, Hale allows the mute to speak in his own words. Like its protagonist, this novel is big, loud, abrasive, witty, perverse, earnest and amazingly accomplished. His untimely outbursts ultimately cost Lydia her job, and send the unlikely pair on the road in what proves to be one of the most unforgettable journeys - and most affecting love stories - in recent literature.

But for all of his gifts, the chimpanzee has a rough time caging his more primal urges.

Learning of Bruno's ability to speak, Lydia takes Bruno into her home to oversee his education and nurture his passion for painting. Precocious, self-conscious and preternaturally gifted, young Bruno, born and raised in a habitat at the local zoo, falls under the care of a university primatologist named Lydia Littlemore. IsPublicPerformanceAllowed False languagesīruno Littlemore is quite unlike any chimpanzee in the world. OverDrive Product Record sortTitle Evolution of Bruno Littlemore crossRefId 509097 images

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