| Driving home, law student Paulo passes a figure at the side of the road. The indigenous girl stands in the heavy rain, as if waiting for something. Paulo gives her a lift to her familys roadside camp.With sudden shifts in the characters lives, this novel takes in the whole story: telling of love, loss and family, it spans the worlds of So Paulos rich kids and dispossessed Guarani Indians along Brazils highways. One man escapes into an immigrant squatters life in London, while anothers performance activism leads to unexpected fame on Youtube. Written from the gut, it is a raw and passionate classic in the making, about our need for a home. |
