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'' State of Wonder'' is a 2011 novel by American author Ann Patchett. It is the story of pharmacologist Marina Singh, who journeys to Brazil to bring back information about seemingly miraculous drug research being conducted there by her former teacher, Dr. Annick Swenson. The book was published by Bloomsbury in the United Kingdom and by Harper in the United States. It was critically well received, and was nominated for the Wellcome Trust Book Prize and the Orange Prize for Fiction, among other nominations. ==Characters== *Dr. Marina Singh: Protagonist - a drug company employee who reluctantly goes to the Brazilian jungle to learn more about her colleague who went missing on exactly the same mission, and to verify her mentor’s drug research *Dr. Annick Swenson: a fierce doctor and researcher, and Marina’s former teacher *Mr. Fox: CEO of Marina’s company, and also her lover *Dr. Anders Eckman: Marina’s office mate, who reportedly died when sent on the same mission as Marina *Easter: young native boy who accompanies Dr. Swenson 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「State of Wonder」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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