{"product_id":"the-apprentice-tourist-paperback","title":"The Apprentice Tourist - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMário de Andrade\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eFlora Thomson-Deveaux\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eFlora Thomson-Deveaux\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Brazilian masterpiece, now in English for the first time: a playfully profound chronicle of an urban sophisticate's misadventures in the Amazon \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Penguin Classic \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"My life's done a somersault,\" wrote Mário de Andrade in a letter, on the verge of taking a leap. After years of dreaming about Amazonia, and almost fifty years before Bruce Chatwin ventured into one of the most remote regions of South America in \u003ci\u003eIn Patagonia\u003c\/i\u003e, Andrade, the queer mixed-race \"pope\" of Brazilian modernism and author of the epic novel \u003ci\u003eMacunaíma\u003c\/i\u003e, finally embarks on a three-month steamboat voyage up the great river and into one of the most dangerous and breathtakingly beautiful corners of the world. Rife with shrewd observations and sparkling wit, and featuring more than a dozen photographs, \u003ci\u003eThe Apprentice Tourist \u003c\/i\u003enot only offers an awed and awe-inspiring fish-out-of-water account of the Indigenous peoples and now-endangered landscapes of Brazil that he encounters (and, comically, sometimes fails to reach), but also traces his internal metamorphosis: The trip prompts him to rethink his ingrained Eurocentrism, challenges his received narratives about the Amazon, and alters the way he understands his motherland and the vast diversity of cultures found within it.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMário de Andrade\u003c\/b\u003e (1893-1945) was a Brazilian writer, born in São Paulo, best known for the gleefully anarchic rhapsody \u003ci\u003eMacunaíma, the Hero with No Character\u003c\/i\u003e (1928). A polymath of his era, he was trained as a musician but became equally influential in fiction, poetry, photography, and art criticism. He served as the founding director of São Paulo's Department of Culture and helped organize and participated in the Semana de Arte Moderna (Week of Modern Art) in 1922, an event that would be central to the birth of modernism in Brazil. A key thread of Andrade's work involved the recognition and preservation of Afro-Brazilian cultures and traditions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFlora Thomson-DeVeaux\u003c\/b\u003e (translator\/introducer) is a translator, writer, and researcher whose translation of \u003ci\u003eThe Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas \u003c\/i\u003eby Machado de Assis was acclaimed as \"a gift to scholars\" by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. She studied Spanish and Portuguese at Princeton University and earned a PhD in Portuguese and Brazilian studies from Brown University. She lives in Rio de Janeiro.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.4 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 04, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47186871419129,"sku":"9780143137351","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/S3BSM2dQNTBKY0U5cFJxczRkYlZFdz09.webp?v=1767848472","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-apprentice-tourist-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}