The Saddest Pleasure: A Journey on Two Rivers - Couverture souple

Thomsen, Moritz

 
9780712647106: The Saddest Pleasure: A Journey on Two Rivers
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ISBN 10 : 0712647104 ISBN 13 : 9780712647106
Editeur : The Sumach Press, 1992

Synopsis

This is an account, introduced by Paul Theroux, of the author's journey as a 63-year-old gringo through Brazil. During the course of this journey he reflects on his escape in middle age from his wealthy pacific Northwest family to South America, where he became a Peace Crops worker in Ecuador. He then tells of how he brought a farm which he worked in partnership with a local friend. 12 years later his friend kicked him off the farm and Thomsen, stunned by the rejection embarked on a trip across Brazil. In candid prose, he describes Rio, Bahia, and the Amazon River, lined with one-room shacks and millionaires' rancheros. Gradually through his relationship with this extraordinary continent and with the people he meets along the way, he begins to make sense of his life.

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Éditeur
The Sumach Press
Date d'édition
1992
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0712647104
ISBN 13 
9780712647106
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
276
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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