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Orphans of Eldorado
Milton Hatoum
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Description for Orphans of Eldorado
Paperback. A magical retelling of the myth of Eldorado, the Enchanted City of the Amazon, by one of Brazil's most acclaimed writers Translator(s): Gledson, John. Series: Myths. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 196.
The setting for this magical fable is Eldorado, the Enchanted city that inhabited the fevered dreams of European navigators and conquistadors, but eluded all attempts to find it on the map. Some have linked it to Manaus in the Amazon Basin, and it is here that Arminto Cordovil lives with his father Amando in a white mansion.
Theirs is a relationship full of passion and limitless ambition. Separating father and son is a remarkable cast of characters, from Angelina, the dead mother, to Denisio, the infernal boatman, and at the centre, Dinaura, a girl who betwitches Arminto and dreams ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Canongate Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Series
Myths
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847673008
SKU
V9781847673008
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About Milton Hatoum
Born in Manaus in 1952, Milton Hatoum's first novel, TALE OF A CERTAIN ORIENT, was published in 1989, followed by THE BROTHERS in 2000. Both won the prestigious Jabuti Prize for best novel. ASHES OF THE AMAZON (2005) was also awarded the Jabuti Prize, as well as the Portugal Telecom Prize for literature.
Reviews for Orphans of Eldorado
The story is universal, though sensuously anchored in Manaus, gripping in both its particular twists and its tragic inevitability, it is a human story told in a world made real by a very good writer
A.S. Byatt on Hatoum's THE BROTHERS A profoundly textured work that is sophisticated, elegant, unusually vivid and intriguingly convincing.
Irish Times on Hatoum's ... Read more
A.S. Byatt on Hatoum's THE BROTHERS A profoundly textured work that is sophisticated, elegant, unusually vivid and intriguingly convincing.
Irish Times on Hatoum's ... Read more