Banzeiro Òkòtó: The Amazon as the Center of the World

by Eliane Brum

Book Overview

A confrontation with the destruction of the Amazon by a writer who moved her life into the heart of the forest.

In lyrical, impassioned prose, Eliane Brum recounts her move from S?o Paulo to Altamira, a city along the Xingu River that has been devastated by the construction of one of the largest dams in the world. In community with the human and more-than-human world of the Amazon, Brum seeks to "reforest" herself while building relationships...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1644452197
• ISBN13: 9781644452196
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Graywolf Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.2"