Where Tigers Are at Home

"Where Tigers are at Home is a large-scale (approx 265,000 words in translation) multi-strand novel set in Brazil. The strands are interwoven through the central figure Eléazard von Wogau, a French foreign correspondent living in Alcântara, a town in the north-east of Brazil; they also vary widely in style and content: his divorced wife Elaine, a geologist, takes part in a scientific expedition to the Mato Grosso which is attacked by drug traffickers; some members are killed, Elaine and others set off on a trek through the uncharted jungle;his daughter, Moéma, is a student in São Luís, a drug addict, with an interest in native tribes; she takes part in the local ‘beach culture’ where she has an affair with an Indio; she also meets; Nelson, a young handicapped boy from the favela; his father was killed in an accident in the local steel works, at which he was immediately evicted from their tied home; he vows vengeance on the owner;Colonel Moreira, the corrupt governor of the region who is involved in shady property deals for a large-scale development which will involve expelling locals from their territory..."--Publisher website.

Year

2011

Language

English

Publisher

Dedalus Press

Editions

1

Pages

750

ISBN

9781907650161

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