Rio de Janeiro
Extreme City
Nonfiction, Travel, Caribbean & Latin America, South America, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, History
| Author: | Luiz Eduardo Soares | ISBN: | 9780141976259 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd | Publication: | May 5, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Penguin | Language: | English |
| Author: | Luiz Eduardo Soares |
| ISBN: | 9780141976259 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Publication: | May 5, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Penguin |
| Language: | English |
A book as rich and sprawling as the seductive metropolis it evokes, Rio de Janeiro builds a kaleidoscopic portrait of this city of extremes, and its history of conflict and corruption. Award-winning novelist, ex-government minister and sociologist, Luiz Eduardo Soares tells the story of Rio through the everyday lives of its people: gangsters and police, activists, politicians and struggling migrant workers, each with their own version of the city. Taking us on a journey into Rio's intricate world of favelas, beaches and corridors of power, Soares reveals one of the most extraordinary cities in the world in all its seething, agonistic beauty.
A book as rich and sprawling as the seductive metropolis it evokes, Rio de Janeiro builds a kaleidoscopic portrait of this city of extremes, and its history of conflict and corruption. Award-winning novelist, ex-government minister and sociologist, Luiz Eduardo Soares tells the story of Rio through the everyday lives of its people: gangsters and police, activists, politicians and struggling migrant workers, each with their own version of the city. Taking us on a journey into Rio's intricate world of favelas, beaches and corridors of power, Soares reveals one of the most extraordinary cities in the world in all its seething, agonistic beauty.
