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A death in Brazil (Paperback)
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A death in Brazil (Paperback)
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Price R136
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Delving into Brazil's baroque past, Peter Robb writes about its
history of slavery and the richly multicultural but disturbed
society that was left in its wake when the practice was abolished
in the late nineteenth century. Even today, Brazil is a hation of
almost unimaginable distance between its wealthy and its poor, a
place of extraordinary levels of crime and violence. It is also one
of the most beautiful and seductive places on earth. Using the art
and the food, and the books of its great nineteenth century writer,
Machado de Assis, Robb takes us on a journey into a world like
Conrad's Nostromo. A world so absurdly dramatic, like the current
president Lula's fight for power, that it could have come from one
of the country's immensely popular TV soap operas, a world where
resolution is often only provided by death. Like all the best
travel writing, A Death in Brazil immerses you deep into the heart
of a fascinating country. Vivid, obsessive and intelligent, this is
an utterly enthralling account.
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