Set in the great Brazilian port of Manaus during the golden decades of the Rubber Boom in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this is the story of identical twin brothers who battle for the love of their mother. It is also a portrait of a city built over the confluence of two great rivers in the middle of the Amazon rainforest.
Set in the great Brazilian port of Manaus during the golden decades of the Rubber Boom in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this is t...
'Ashes of the Amazon' is the story of a long rebellion and the struggle to understand it. The rebel is Mundo, the embittered offshoot of a family split down the middle, whose artistic vocation clashes with his father's plans. The author's other work includes 'Tale of a Certain Orient' and 'The Brothers'.
'Ashes of the Amazon' is the story of a long rebellion and the struggle to understand it. The rebel is Mundo, the embittered offshoot of a family spli...
