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This book was excellent as would be expected of John Updike. Somewhat crude, but very enthralling. Read the book over two days as my free time allowed. I, also, learned a lot about the Brazilian outback among other things. Having traveled to South America with Brazil as our main destination in the late 1980's, it was interesting to compare the Rio, Sau Paulo, Bahia and other locations visited with the descriptions in Mr. Updike's novel. The loss of their children in the outback and the ending brought me to tears, but still a great read.


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Only a few instances of insight or entertainment. The way it is written, with the exception of a few minor references, the context of the story could be anywhere--not much at all to connect it to Brazil. Strange in its weird focus (very little philosophy, folks), and subjects of concentration. It's not a terrible book, it's just not a good one. And it will not add insight, knowledge or anecdotes about Brazil.
I love this book
I read it back in 1996 and then i lost the book in an airplane
-Now i finally found it and I'm re- reading it and enjoying it all over again
A great read. A travelogue for lovers of tropical plants, Brazil, as well as a historical view. Written by the" father of bromeliads", at least in the U.S.A., and one of the founders of the Bromeliad Society International along with his talented wife.
Updike reads his own inimitable prose in a story about two lovers in Brazil. Don't turn this one on with your kids in the car - it's full of explicit sex, but beautifully-written sex it certainly is. The story shows a panoramic view of modern Brazil, from its huge cities to its wild west. The two lovers make their way through this landscape in a sometimes-unbelievable fashion. But with Updike, believable or unbelievable doesn't really matter all that much.
Wonderful and unexpected. Even the style of the author seems to have taken something from South American authors. Unforgettable book.
Everyone knows and loves Updike. His own worst enemy is himself. In choosing to set his "Tristan and Isolde" love story in Brazil, the author has overextended himself. He simply doesn't know enough about Brazil, doesn't have that visceral sense of the country that would make this book a success. As a result, the characters often explain things at length in their dialogue that any Brazilian already knows. Thus, while the author strives for a sort of magical realist effect in fantastical dialogue and plotting, the words that come out of the characters' mouths are things that no Brazilian would ever say. Case in point the poor favela-dwellers speak some bizarre inner-city U.S. ghetto lingo that just makes no sense in a Brazilian context.
The plot is straightforward and linear, black/white, racial tension. Nothing new there. The denouement is utterly predictable. When his own attention lags, the author tosses in a gratuitous sex scene. The sex, ostensibly designed to demonstrate the fiery heat of the lovers' passion, is a strange blend of tawdry and clinically kinky... it carries no heat. And frankly, by the twentieth sex scene, a reader can be forgiven for skipping ahead a few paragraphs to pick up the story again.
Despite the occasional pithy gem, ("Women and men occupy two different realms, and their mating is like the moment when a bird seizes a fish"), the regular attempts to stir in some profundity generally dissolve into mere banality. This is not a deep book, it was not carefully thought-through. It is just a linear tale. Even Updike is getting a little bored by the end, as he completes one of the final chapters "Though this chapter covers the greatest stretch of time, let it be no longer than it is!" Bleary-eyed readers will agree with this sentiment.
John Updike's novel had particular meaning for me as I also anticipated the Olympics events in Brazil. Never fear; the book itself has nothing to do with the Olympics, unless we connect where the far-traveling couple meet with where the story ends --BRAZIL. It is a page turner. As are all of John Updike's novels -- worth the reader's time and emotions.
This book was excellent as would be expected of John Updike. Somewhat crude, but very enthralling. Read the book over two days as my free time allowed. I, also, learned a lot about the Brazilian outback among other things. Having traveled to South America with Brazil as our main destination in the late 1980's, it was interesting to compare the Rio, Sau Paulo, Bahia and other locations visited with the descriptions in Mr. Updike's novel. The loss of their children in the outback and the ending brought me to tears, but still a great read.