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The apprentice tourist : travels along the Amazon to Peru, along the Madeira to Bolivia, and around Marajo before saying enough already
Uniform Title
Turista aprendiz. English
Title
The apprentice tourist : travels along the Amazon to Peru, along the Madeira to Bolivia, and around Marajo before saying enough already / Mario de Andrade ; translated with an introduction and notes by Flora Thomson-DeVeaux.
ISBN
9780143137351
0143137352
9780593511305
Publication
[New York, New York] : Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2023]
Physical Description
xxv, 175 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
Notes
Translated from the Portuguese.
Place of publication from publisher's website.
Originally published in 1976 in Portuguese as O turista aprendiz by Duas Cidades, Sao Paulo.
Summary
"This is the first English translation of the queer mulatto Brazilian modernist's humorous account of a three-month voyage to the Amazon that prompts him to rethink his ingrained Eurocentrism, explore Indigenous cultures, and struggle to put into words the grandeur of the now-endangered landscape"-- Provided by publisher.
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English
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August 23, 2023
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