{"product_id":"brazil-9780449911631","title":"Brazil","description":"\u003cb\u003eA page-turning novel about a Black teen from the Rio slums and an upper-class white girl who are brought together by fate and betrayed by families who threaten to tear them apart--from one of the most gifted American writers of the twentieth century and the author of the acclaimed Rabbit series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Steamy...breathtaking.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThey meet by chance on Copacabana Beach: Tristao Raposo, a poor black teen surviving day to day on street smarts and the hustle, and Isabel Leme, an upper-class white girl, treated like a pampered slave by her absent though very powerful father. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConvinced that fate brought them together, betrayed by their families, Tristao and Isabel flee to the farthest reaches of Brazil's wild west--unaware of the astonishing destiny that awaits them....\u003cbr\u003eSpanning twenty-two years, from the mid-sixties to the late eighties, BRAZIL surprises and embraces the reader with its celebration of passion, loyalty, and New World innocence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A tour de force ... Spectacular.\" --\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Updike's novel, as tender as it is erotic, becomes a magnificently wrought love story.... Beautifully written.\" --\u003ci\u003eDetroit Free Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Trade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/27\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780449911631\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.29h x 5.51w x 0.70d","brand":"John Updike","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44637532553397,"sku":"9780449911631","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_16f0dcd4-1dba-4551-af17-6cd0dae5ec3a.jpg?v=1726582110","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/brazil-9780449911631","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}