Foreword by Nancy Scheper-Hughes "Very occasionally, a book happens along which is so honest and raw in its treatment of an otherwise dispassionate subject (in this case drought) that it can move the reader to tears. Nicholas Arons has accomplished just such a rare feat in his poetry-studded narrative of the reasons for, and the multi-layered reactions to, the cyclical phenomenon of drought in northeastern Brazil." --Journal of the Royal Anthropological InstituteWhen droughts hit northeastern Brazil, thousands of rural workers are forced to abandon their homes...
Foreword by Nancy Scheper-Hughes "Very occasionally, a book happens along which is so honest and raw in its treatment of an otherwise disp...
Foreword by Nancy Scheper-Hughes -Very occasionally, a book happens along which is so honest and raw in its treatment of an otherwise dispassionate subject (in this case drought) that it can move the reader to tears. Nicholas Arons has accomplished just such a rare feat in his poetry-studded narrative of the reasons for, and the multi-layered reactions to, the cyclical phenomenon of drought in northeastern Brazil.- --Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute When droughts hit northeastern Brazil, thousands of rural workers are forced to abandon their homes...
Foreword by Nancy Scheper-Hughes -Very occasionally, a book happens along which is so honest and raw in its treatment of an otherwise dispa...
