- Fiction, Rain forests, Fiction, general, Brazil, fiction
In the style of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, five characters converge on a magical Brazilian plain in the heart of the rain forest. Their fates are entwined with this phenomenal expanse, which transforms their lives, raising them to the heights of wealth and fame, before carrying them to the brink of disaster.
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- Author
- Karen Tei Yamashita
- First published
- 1990
- Pages
- 212
- Publisher
- Distributed to trade by Consortium Book Sales, Coffee House Press, Stone Arbor Corporation
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780918273826
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