Death in Brazil: A Book of Omissions [Idioma Inglés] - Tapa blanda

Robb, Peter

 
9780747573166: Death in Brazil: A Book of Omissions [Idioma Inglés]
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ISBN 10: 0747573166 ISBN 13: 9780747573166
Editorial: Bloomsbury, 2005

Sinopsis

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 nation 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, 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.. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.

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Peter Robb has lived in Europe and Brazil for much of his adult life. He now lives in Sydney, Australia.

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Editorial
Bloomsbury
Año de publicación
2005
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0747573166
ISBN 13 
9780747573166
Encuadernación
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Número de edición
1
Número de páginas
352
Contacto del fabricante
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Persona responsable
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9780312424879: A Death in Brazil: A Book of Omissions (John MacRae Books) [Idioma Inglés]

Edición Destacada

ISBN 10:  0312424876 ISBN 13:  9780312424879
Editorial: Picador, 2000
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