Samba

Name: Samba
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ISBN: 9780679732563

ISBN-10: 067973256X

ISBN-13: 9780679732563

Edition: N/A

Authors: Alma Guillermoprieto

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For one year, Alma Guillermoprieto lived in Manguiera, a village near Rio de Janeiro, to learn the ritual of samba--the sensuous song and dance marked by a rapturous beat--and to take part in Rio's renowned carnivale parade.

Book details

List price: $20.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 7/30/1991
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

Alma Guillermoprieto worked for "The Washington Post" before joining "The New Yorker" in the late 1980s. She also writes for "The New York Review of Books". She is the author of two previous books, "Samba" & "The Heart That Bleeds" (both available from Vintage) & was named a MacArthur Fellow in 1995. She lives in Mexico City.