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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE The #1 New York Times bestselling worldwide sensation with more than 15 million copies sold, “a painfully beautiful first novel that is at once a murder mystery, a coming-of-age narrative and a celebration of nature” (The New York Times Book Review). For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life—until the unthinkable happens. Where the Crawdads Sing is at once an exquisite ode to the natural world, a heartbreaking coming-of-age story, and a surprising tale of possible murder. Delia Owens reminds us that we are forever shaped by the children we once were, and that we are all subject to the beautiful and violent secrets that nature keeps.

”Niin kaunis että tekee kipeää.” New York Times Yli kymmenen miljoonaa myytyä kirjaa! Yli 100 viikkoa New York Timesin bestseller-listalla! Sydäntä särkevä kasvutarina, murhamysteeri ja lumoava kertomus luonnon kauneudesta. Kun pohjoiscarolinalaiselta suolta löytyy kylän oman kultapojan ruumis, epäilykset kääntyvät Kya Clarkiin, joka asuu marskimaan reunalla. Kouluja käymätön juopon tytär, köyhää valkoista roskasakkia – vai jotain aivan muuta? Kya on oppinut selviytymään yksin, ystävystymään suon eläinten kanssa ja lukemaan sen vesiä ja mättäitä. Mutta hänkin kaipaa rakkautta, ja kun villi luonto kohtaa ihmisten maailman, ei mikään ole enää entisellään. Suon villi laulu on ollut valtaisa myynti- ja arvostelumenestys Yhdysvalloissa, minkä lisäksi se ilmestyy yli 40 muussa maassa. Reese Witherspoonin tuotantoyhtiö on ostanut teoksen filmatisointioikeudet. ”Sanat eivät riitä kuvaamaan kuinka paljon rakastin tätä kirjaa! En halunnut tarinan päättyvän lainkaan.” Reese Witherspoon ”Yksinäisyydestä, selviytymisestä ja rakkaudesta kertova tarina, joka on yhtä mukaansatempaava kuin liikuttavakin.” Daily Mail ”Tämä ällistyttävä esikoinen on kaunis ja unohtumaton romaani, jossa piilee valtavaa voimaa. Kirja sai minut itkemään ensimmäistä kertaa pitkään aikaan.” Kristin Hannah, Satakielen kirjoittaja ”Eläväinen... Kya on unohtumaton sankaritar.” Publishers Weekly ”Teos on samaan aikaan kasvukertomus ja murhatutkintamysteeri nuoren tytön näkökulmasta kuvattuna. Kyan tarinan kautta Owens tutkailee sitä, kuinka eristys vaikuttaa ihmisen käytökseen ja kuinka syvästi hylkääminen vaikuttaa meihin.” Vanity Fair ”Runollinen... Kirjan vetovoima nousee Kyan syvästä yhteydestä kotipaikkaansa ja kaikkiin sen olentoihin.” Booklist ”Vangitseva mysteeri, jonka kerronta on niin valovoimaista, että se läpäisee sameimmankin suonsilmäkkeen mutaveden.” Augusta Chronicle ”Hätkähdyttävä esikoinen.” People Delia Owens on ennen esikoisromaaniaan kirjoittanut elämäkerrallisia teoksia tutkijanelämästään Afrikan luonnon keskellä. Hän on opiskellut eläintieteitä Georgiassa sekä eläinten käyttäytymistiedettä Kalifornian yliopistossa ja asuu tätä nykyä Pohjois-Carolinan vuoristossa.

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Delia Owens, author of the best-selling Where the Crawdads Sing, began her career writing riveting real-life adventure and wildlife tales with her husband, Mark Owens. Collected in a single volume for the first time, these three odysseys show how the Owenses’ “ingenuity, courage, and accomplishment are beyond exaggeration.” (People) Carrying little more than a change of clothes and a pair of binoculars, two young Americans, Delia and Mark Owens, caught a plane to Africa, bought a third-hand Land Rover, and drove deep into the Kalahari Desert. In this vast wilderness they met animals that had never seen humans before, and leopards, giraffes, and brown hyenas were regular visitors to their camp, all chronicled in Cry of the Kalahari. But the Kalahari is not Eden, and Mark and Delia were continually threatened by wildfires, drought, violent storms, and sometimes by the animals they studied and loved. They set off on another African odyssey in search of a new wilderness in The Eye of the Elephant. They land in a remote valley of Zambia, where the hippos swam in the river just below their tents, lions stalked the bush, and elephants wandered into camp to eat marula fruits. The peace, though, was soon shattered with gunfire, and Delia and Mark were inexorably drawn into a high-stakes struggle to save the wildlife. With Secrets of the Savanna, Delia and Mark tell the dramatic story of their last years in Africa, fighting to save elephants, villagers, and—in the end—themselves. The award-winning zoologists and pioneering conservationists describe their work in the remote and ruggedly beautiful Luangwa Valley, in northeastern Zambia.

El libro que inspiró la película “Una primera novela dolorosamente hermosa que es a la vez la historia de un misterioso asesinato, de una iniciación a la vida y una celebración de la naturaleza ... Owens explora las marismas desoladas de la costa de Carolina del Norte a través de los ojos de una niña abandonada. Y en su aislamiento, esa niña nos abre los ojos a las secretas maravillas (y peligros) de su propio mundo". --The New York Times Book Review En Barkley Cove, un tranquilo pueblo de pescadores, circulan extraños rumores sobre la “chica de la marisma”. Desde los seis años, Kya deambula completamente sola entre canales y cañaverales, apenas cubierta y descalza. Aunque solo asiste un día a la escuela, la marisma y sus criaturas no tienen secretos para ella: la alimentan, la acunan, la protegen, son sus maestros y compañeras de juego. Kya aprende a descifrar los signos de la naturaleza antes de saber leer un libro. Pero su belleza no tarda en florecer: inusual, salvaje y evasiva, enciende el deseo de los muchachos del pueblo. Kya descubre el amor, su dulzura y sus trampas. Cuando en las marismas aparece el cuerpo sin vida de Chase Andrews, todas las miradas se centran en ella, la misteriosa niña olvidada: los murmullos se convierten inmediatamente en acusaciones, las sospechas en certezas inquebrantables. El juicio, dentro y fuera del tribunal, arrastra la historia hacia su epílogo impredecible y deslumbrante. La chica salvaje es la novela conmovedora de una infancia marcada por el abandono y de una naturaleza que se revela como una madre, no como una madrastra. Pero también es la historia de un secreto celosamente guardado que cuestiona los límites entre la verdad y la mentira, el bien y el mal. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE —The #1 New York Times bestselling worldwide sensation with more than 12 million copies sold, “a painfully beautiful first novel that is at once a murder mystery, a coming-of-age narrative and a celebration of nature”(The New York Times Book Review). A Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick A Business Insider Defining Book of the Decade "I can't even express how much I love this book! I didn't want this story to end!" —Reese Witherspoon "Painfully beautiful." —The New York Times Book Review For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life--until the unthinkable happens. Where the Crawdads Sing is at once an exquisite ode to the natural world, a heartbreaking coming-of-age story, and a surprising tale of possible murder. Owens reminds us that we are forever shaped by the children we once were, and that we are all subject to the beautiful and violent secrets that nature keeps.

A beautiful, deluxe edition of the #1 New York Times bestseller—with over 15 million copies sold—that will make the perfect holiday gift or treat for yourself. A Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick A Business Insider Defining Book of the Decade “I can't even express how much I love this book! I didn't want this story to end!”—Reese Witherspoon At once an exquisite ode to the natural world, a heartbreaking coming-of-age story, and a surprising tale of possible murder, Where the Crawdads Sing has touched the hearts of millions of readers around the world, and this beautiful deluxe edition features: • new, personal note from the author • updated linen jacket with foil • foil-stamped case with cloth spine • four-color endpapers • premium interior stock • four-color map and newly colored interior illustrations For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life—until the unthinkable happens. Through Kya's story, Owens reminds us that we are forever shaped by the children we once were, and that we are all subject to the beautiful and violent secrets that nature keeps.

Una novel·la exquisida, una oda a la naturalesa i a allò salvatge. Durant anys, els rumors de l'existència de la Noia Salvatge han pertorbat la vida de la petita localitat de Barkley Cove, un tranquil poble de pescadors a Carolina del Nord. Abandonada als sis anys, la Kya és una jove sensible, intel·ligent i d'una bellesa insòlita que ha sobreviscut en soledat als aiguamolls, amb la naturalesa com a única amiga. És una supervivent nata. La seva vida solitària es complica quan un home apareix assassinat al pantà i l'acusen del crim. Llavors, tots els seus misteris sortiran a la llum. Una novel·la magistral que ens parla dels secrets de l'ésser humà, les pulsions que ens mouen i la veritable naturalesa de l'amor i l'odi. El fenomen literari de l'any: més de 4 milions d'exemplars venuts als Estats Units i traduïda a més de 40 idiomes "Un misteriós assassinat, una educació sentimental i una oda a la naturalesa." T he New York Times Book Review "Una novel·la meravellosa [...]. La Kya és una heroïna inoblidable". Publishers Weekly "Aquesta magnífica novel·la té una mica de tot: misteri, amor i personatges fascinants." Nicholas Sparks "A través de la història de la Kya, Owens explora l'efecte de la soledat en l'ésser humà." Vanity Fair "Commovedora. Una exploració original de l'aïllament i la naturalesa des de la perspectiva d'una dona." Entertainment Weekly

Kya Clark er den vilde pige, ”marskpigen”. Hun vokser op i 1950’erne i en hytte ude i sumpskoven ved North Carolinas kyst. Hendes mor og fire ældre søskende forlader en efter en hjemmet, så hun til sidst er alene med sin voldelige far. En dag forsvinder han også. Herefter er hendes liv en ensom kamp for overlevelse i en verden, der kun har foragt tilovers for sumpens fattige folk. En enkelt skoledag i den nærliggende landsby er alt, hvad det bliver til for Kya, som møder barfodet og pjaltet op og straks bliver genstand for de andre børns hån og mobning. Men Kya er ikke, som de tror. Hun er følsom og intelligent og har overlevet i årevis alene ude i den sumpede marsk, som hun betragter som sit hjem. Der har hun fundet venskaber med måger og lært om livet af tegn i sandet. Men der kommer en tid, hvor Kya længes efter at elske og blive elsket. Da to unge fyre bliver grebet af hendes vilde skønhed, åbner Kya sig for et nyt kapitel i livet – indtil det utænkelige sker: Den lokale skørtejæger, bliver fundet død uden for byen – og straks mistænker de lokale Kya for at være involveret i dødsfaldet. *** HVOR FLODKREBSENE SYNGER er en hjerteskærende opvækstroman, en fortælling om et muligt mord og en stærk kærlighedshistorie. ” Kya er en uforglemmelig heltinde.” Publishers Weekly ”Jeg har ikke ord for, hvor meget jeg holder af denne bog! Jeg ville simpelthen ikke have, at den skulle slutte.” Reese Witherspoon ”Smertelig smuk ... opvækstroman, mordgåde og en storslået hyldest til naturen.” The New York Times Book Review ”Denne tidsrigtige millionbestseller er en fest for sanserne og indeholder alt hvad et underholdningshjerte kan begære ... En rørende roman om det enkelte menneskes kamp for det gode liv – mod kræfter som er større end en selv.” VG ***

HVOR LENGE KAN HUN BESKYTTE HJERTET SITT? Ryktene om «Marsklandsjenta» har hjemsøkt Barkley Cove, en stille småby på kysten av North Carolina. Så da kjekke Chase Andrews blir funnet død høsten 1969, retter lokalbefolkningen øyeblikkelig mistanken mot Kya Clark, den forlatte jenta som bor alene i villmarken. Men Kya er ikke slik de tror. Hun er følsom og intelligent, og har overlevd i årevis alene ute i marsklandskapet hun har gjort til sitt hjem. Der har hun funnet vennskap hos måkene og lært om livet av sandens bevegelser. Men det kommer en tid da Kya lengter etter å elske og bli elsket. Da to gutter fra byen blir fengslet av hennes ville skjønnhet, åpner Kya seg for et nytt kapittel i livet, helt til det utenkelige skjer. Der krepsene synger er en ode til det naturlige liv, en hjerteskjærende oppvekstroman og en overraskende fortelling om et mulig drap. Owens minner oss om at vi alltid vil være formet av det barnet vi engang var, og at vi alle er offer for de vakre og voldsomme hemmelighetene naturen skjuler. DELIA OWENS har hatt stor suksess med sin første roman, og er i tillegg medforfatter på tre internasjonalt bestselgende sakprosabøker om sitt liv som villmarksforsker i Afrika. Hun har en bachelor i zoologi fra universitetet i Georgia og en doktorgrad i dyreatferd fra universitetet i California. Hun har vunnet The John Burroughs Award for Nature Writing og publisert artikler blant annet i Nature , The African Journal of Ecology og International Wildlife. Hun bor i Idaho. Der krepsene synger er hennes første roman. «Jeg klarer ikke uttrykke i ord hvor mye jeg elsket denne boken! Jeg ville at den aldri skulle ta slutt!» REESE WITHERSPOON

A Barkley Cove, un tranquillo villaggio di pescatori, circolano strane voci sulla Ragazza della Palude. Dall’età di sei anni Kya si aggira completamente sola tra canali e canneti, con qualche straccio addosso e a piedi nudi. Ha al suo attivo un solo giorno di scuola, ma la palude e le sue creature per lei non hanno segreti: la nutrono, la cullano, la proteggono, sono maestre e compagne di giochi. Kya impara a decifrare i segni della natura prima ancora di saper leggere un libro: nella sua assoluta solitudine sembra bastare a se stessa. Ma la sua bellezza non tarda a sbocciare: insolita, selvatica, sfuggente accende il desiderio nei ragazzi del paese. Kya scopre l’amore, la sua dolcezza e le sue trappole. Quando negli acquitrini riaffiora il corpo senza vita di Chase Andrews, gli occhi di tutti puntano su di lei, la misteriosa ragazza dimenticata: i mormorii diventano subito accuse, i sospetti incrollabili certezze. Il processo, fuori e dentro al tribunale, trascina la vicenda verso il suo imprevedibile e folgorante epilogo. La Ragazza della Palude è il romanzo commovente di un’infanzia segnata dall’abbandono e di una natura che si rivela madre, non matrigna. Ma è anche la storia di una violazione e di un segreto gelosamente custodito, che mette in discussione i confini tra la verità e la menzogna, il bene e il male.

In Barkley Cove, North Carolina, gaan al jarenlang geruchten over het moerasmeisje. Ze is wild. Men wil niets van haar weten. Kya is in haar eentje opgegroeid in het moeras. Hier voelt ze zich thuis. De natuur is haar leerschool. Dan komt de tijd dat ze ernaar verlangt lief te hebben. Twee jonge mannen uit de stad raken gefascineerd door haar schoonheid. Waneer een van hen dood wordt gevonden, valt de verdenking onmiddellijk op Kya.

"Vividly written...Their story is thrilling—the kind of tale that wild-animal lovers won't easily forget."—People In this riveting real-life adventure, Mark and Delia Owens tell the dramatic story of their last years in Africa, fighting to save elephants, villagers, and—in the end—themselves. The award-winning zoologists and pioneering conservationists describe their work in the remote and ruggedly beautiful Luangwa Valley, in northeastern Zambia. There they studied the mysteries of the elephant population’s recovery after poaching, discovering remarkable similarities between humans and elephants. A young elephant named Gift provided the clue to help them crack the animals’ secret of survival. A stirring portrait of life in Africa, Secrets of the Savanna is a remarkable record of the Owenses's unique passions.

The sequel to Cry of the Kalahari, this book takes up where the first began, with the Owenses returning to the Kalahari to continue their study of elephants. After deportation because of their open criticism of the government's soft stance on wildlife conservation, they find their way back to their research station to discover the remains of hundreds of poached elephants. Thus they begin a long struggle to raise consciousness about preservation among the officials, who live off black market ivory, and the villagers, who depend on elephant meat for food. Mark's obsession with catching the poachers leads to vicious confrontations and to intense strain in his relationship with Delia.

Expelled from Botswana for writing Cry of the Kalahari, the Owenses set off across Africa. They settled in Zambia, where they soon found their peace shattered by the gunfire of elephant poachers. This is the story of the couple's battle to save the elephants and their own lives.

Recounts the authors' seven year stay in the Kalahari Desert where they developed one of the most important conservation research projects ever conducted.