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A Fabulous Love Story?. Edition No. 1
VDM Publishing House, Dec 2008, Pages: 56
John Updike's Brazil is a fascinating piece of work
to read. It is so captivating that you simply cannot
put it down. It seems to be a fabulous twentieth-
century love story of a rich, white girl and a
poor, black boy whose love is stronger than the
conventions of the country and thus, it overcomes
all obstacles.
The plot is full of action just like a movie film
incorporating scenes from erotic love to horrifying
death. A part of the novel resembles a kind of 'time
travel' through several centuries in the history of
Brazil. We can encounter adventurers looking for
gold in the gold-mines of South America, Indian
tribes kidnapping children, colonists wandering the
backlands and even a shaman as the book cannot even
do without magic.
Can all this be true in a twentieth century setting
or is it fiction? This book gives the answer
through a thorough study of Brazil's history,
economy, social structure and civilization.
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