Rio De Janeiro: Carnival Under Fire - Hardcover

Castro, Ruy; Gledson, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1582341907 ISBN 13: 9781582341903

Verlag: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, 2004

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The colorful history, inhabitants, beach life, sports, music, favelas, festivals, and culture of Rio de Janeiro come to life in an entertaining portrait of the Brazilian city, set against the backdrop of Carnival. 15,000 first printing.

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Ruy Castro is a writer and journalist whose books include two classics about bossa
nova, a biography of the soccer star Garrincha, and an encyclopedia of Ipanema. He has also edited a compendium of 1,600 poisonous bons mots called Bad Humor and written two novels for children. His book Bossa Nova: The Story of the Brazilian Music That Seduced the World was published in the U.S. in 2000.

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• Verlag: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1582341907
• ISBN 13: 9781582341903
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 244
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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