THE SADDEST PLEASURE: A JOURNEY ON TWO RIVERS.
Language: English
Published by Sumach, St. Albans, 1991
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- Softcover
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8vo. pp x, 276. Uncorrected proof copy. Large format paperback. Original publisher's plain white covers, lettered black. No. 87 of a limited edition of 125 proofs. ISBN: 0712647104 Slight surface wear to white covers, otherwise very good.
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- Title
- THE SADDEST PLEASURE: A JOURNEY ON TWO RIVERS.
- Author
- THOMSEN, Moritz.
- Publisher
- Sumach, St. Albans
- Publication year
- 1991
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0712647104
- ISBN 13
- 9780712647106
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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The Saddest Pleasure is 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 Pleasure tells 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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