The Sound of Butterflies

"It is 1903. Thomas Edgar, a passionate collector of butterflies, is offered the chance of a lifetime: to travel to the Amazon as part of a scientific expedition. Hoping to find the mythical butterfly that will make his name and immortalize that of his wife, Sophie - for if he finds it, he will call it the Papilio sophia - he eagerly accepts the invitation, and embarks on a journey that will take him to a whole new world." "On his return, Sophie greets her husband at the railway station, and is appalled by the change in him: he is thin, obviously sick, and apparently so traumatized by what he witnessed while he was away, he has been rendered mute. As Thomas struggles to find the words to describe what he's seen, it's unclear whether or not Sophie - and their marriage - will be able to withstand what he has to tell her."--BOOK JACKET.