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"José Eustacio Rivera’s dark and lyrical 1924 masterpiece about a big city poet who ventures into the Amazonian jungle in search of revenge, and instead discovers the horrifying truth about the rubber industry, is a book that operates on multiple levels as a work of art." * The Old Book Appreciator *

Table of Contents
Introduction: A Player in the Rainforest ix
Prologue 1
Part One 3
Part Two 81
Part Three 147
Epilogue 219

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    A Hardback by José Eustasio Rivera, John Charles Chasteen

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      Publisher Duke University Press
      Published 13 April 2018
      ISBN-13 9780822370857
      978-0822370857
      ISBN-10 0822370859

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      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      "José Eustacio Rivera’s dark and lyrical 1924 masterpiece about a big city poet who ventures into the Amazonian jungle in search of revenge, and instead discovers the horrifying truth about the rubber industry, is a book that operates on multiple levels as a work of art." * The Old Book Appreciator *

      Table of Contents
      Introduction: A Player in the Rainforest ix
      Prologue 1
      Part One 3
      Part Two 81
      Part Three 147
      Epilogue 219

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