The apprentice tourist: travels along the Amazon to Peru, along the Madeira to Bolivia, and around Marajó before saying enough already

"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 la...

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Main Author: Andrade, Mário de 1893-1945 (Author)
Other Authors: Thomson-DeVeaux, Flora (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Penguin Books [2023]
Series:Penguin Classics
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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"--
Item Description:Originally published in 1976 in Portuguese as "O turista aprendiz" by Duas Cidades, São Paulo
Physical Description:xxv, 175 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9780143137351
0143137352

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