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The saddest pleasure : a journey on two rivers : a memoir / by Moritz Thomsen

By:

Thomsen, Moritz

Material type: Text

TextSeries: A Graywolf memoirPublication details: Saint Paul, Minn. : Graywolf Press , c1990Description: xiv, 276 p. ; 23 cmISBN:

1555971245

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DDC classification:

LAS 918.1 THO

LOC classification:

F2517 .T48 1990

Summary: The Saddest Pleasure The Saddest Pleasureis a deeply personal look at the people, poverty, beauty, art, music, literature, and passion of South America by an American who has spent most of his life there. Moritz Thomsen was one of the early Peace Corps volunteers. Through his skill as a writer he vividly brings to life the people and landscapes he loves.The Saddest Pleasuretells the story of Thomsen's desperate departure from Ecuador at the age of sixty-three and his soul-searching journey through Brazil and the Amazon River. Along the way the author reflects on the meaning of his own life and the world around him, his friendships, and on the distances between people and cultures. Thomsen's spirited observations are tinged with irascibility, as he moves from city to feudal countryside, from primitive conditions to the startlingly contemporary details of a culture in transition. Paul Theroux's introduction to this book is a testament to Mr. Thomsen's remarkable life.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Latin American Studies	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	LAS 918.1 THO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		064942

The Saddest Pleasure The Saddest Pleasureis a deeply personal look at the people, poverty, beauty, art, music, literature, and passion of South America by an American who has spent most of his life there. Moritz Thomsen was one of the early Peace Corps volunteers. Through his skill as a writer he vividly brings to life the people and landscapes he loves.The Saddest Pleasuretells the story of Thomsen's desperate departure from Ecuador at the age of sixty-three and his soul-searching journey through Brazil and the Amazon River. Along the way the author reflects on the meaning of his own life and the world around him, his friendships, and on the distances between people and cultures. Thomsen's spirited observations are tinged with irascibility, as he moves from city to feudal countryside, from primitive conditions to the startlingly contemporary details of a culture in transition. Paul Theroux's introduction to this book is a testament to Mr. Thomsen's remarkable life.

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