Brazil: A Traveler's Literary Companion (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781883513214)

This vital collection is as eclectic and electric as Brazil itself. These stories -- ranging from vignettes, sketches, and prose poems to traditional narratives -- cover a wide geography, physically, thematically, and stylistically. Tales of nature and magic, humor and tragedy, brutality and delicacy, sex and violence are played out against every corner of this vast and diverse land: the Amazon, the Northeast, the Central West, and the South, as well as in Brazil's two metropolises, Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. The earliest story, Machado de Assis' "The Wallet," was written at the end of the nineteenth century. The most recent were written especially for this book. Brazil is noted for its vibrant music and celebrations; this book shows an equally rich literary scene for the traveler or fan of world -- and world-class -- fiction.

Author: Alexis Levitin
ISBN-10: 1883513219
ISBN-13: 9781883513214
Publisher: Whereabouts Press
Language: English
Published: 01/13/2009
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.20h x 4.90w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 03/01/2016 pg. 63