book is in italian or spanish, not sure, 2nd edition 1 of 10,000, first edition was also 10,000. pages not numbered. book is simple color art with text.
"Excellent current example of a noted writer residing abroad and sharing experiences with readers in Brazil in the form of crãonicas. Aside from considerations of cultural exchange, includes numerous memories of Northeast, confirming Ribeiro's talent and reputation established in short fiction and novels"--Handbook of Latin American ...more
First published in 1890, and undoubtedly Azevedo's masterpiece, The Slum is one of the most widely read and critically acclaimed novels ever written about Brazil. Indeed, its great popularity, realistic descriptions, archetypal situations, detailed local coloring, and overall race-consciousness may well evoke Huckleberry Finn as the novel's North A...more
From a Brazilian mine where 50,000 mud-covered men haul heavy bags of dirt up and down slippery ladders in search of a stray nugget of gold, to a former lake in western Africa now swallowed by the encroaching desert, where emaciated, starving people walk over its surface of sand, photographer Sebastião Salgado explores the live of the planet's oft...more
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