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PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group

ISBN-100679430717

ISBN-139780679430711

eBay Product ID (ePID)812071

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Edition1

Book TitleBrazil : a Novel

Number of Pages272 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicPsychological, Sagas, Literary

Publication Year1994

GenreFiction

AuthorJohn Updike

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight16 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN93-028632

Dewey Edition20

Reviews"Steamy . . . breathtaking . . . In Updike's novel, our vast South American neighbor emerges as a country both ancient and new."- The New Yorker "There is a wonderful drive to the novel, true lyricism, real drama. . . . Updike has rare insight into the psychology of sexual behavior and the mysterious, almost otherworldly devotedness Tristão and Isabel share."- Chicago Tribune "The book [is] thrilling, not only by its own rights, as an action-driven narrative designed to thrill, but also as an instance of a contemporary master, one whom we thought we had figured out long ago, daring to reinvent himself before our jaded eyes."- The New Criterion, "Steamy . . . breathtaking . . . In Updike's novel, our vast South American neighbor emerges as a country both ancient and new."-- The New Yorker "There is a wonderful drive to the novel, true lyricism, real drama. . . . Updike has rare insight into the psychology of sexual behavior and the mysterious, almost otherworldly devotedness Tristão and Isabel share."-- Chicago Tribune "The book [is] thrilling, not only by its own rights, as an action-driven narrative designed to thrill, but also as an instance of a contemporary master, one whom we thought we had figured out long ago, daring to reinvent himself before our jaded eyes."-- The New Criterion, "Steamy . . . breathtaking . . . In Updike's novel, our vast South American neighbor emerges as a country both ancient and new."-- The New Yorker "There is a wonderful drive to the novel, true lyricism, real drama. . . . Updike has rare insight into the psychology of sexual behavior and the mysterious, almost otherworldly devotedness Tristão and Isabel share."-- Chicago Tribune "The book [is] thrilling, not only by its own rights, as an action-driven narrative designed to thrill, but also as an instance of a contemporary master, one whom we thought we had figured out long ago, daring to reinvent himself before our jaded eyes."-- The New Criterion, "Steamy . . . breathtaking . . . In Updike's novel, our vast South American neighbor emerges as a country both ancient and new."-- The New Yorker "There is a wonderful drive to the novel, true lyricism, real drama. . . . Updike has rare insight into the psychology of sexual behavior and the mysterious, almost otherworldly devotedness Tristo and Isabel share."-- Chicago Tribune "The book [is] thrilling, not only by its own rights, as an action-driven narrative designed to thrill, but also as an instance of a contemporary master, one whom we thought we had figured out long ago, daring to reinvent himself before our jaded eyes."-- The New Criterion

Dewey Decimal813/.54

Table Of ContentPreface. Acknowledgements. EMC Fundamentals. EMC Inside the PCB. Components and EMC. Image Planes. Bypassing and Decoupling. Transmission Lines. Signal Integrity and Crosstalk. Trace Termination. Grounding. Glossary. Bibliography. Appendix A: The Decibel. Appendix B: Fourier Analysis. Appendix C: Conversion Tables. Appendix D: International EMC Requirements. Index. About the Author.

SynopsisThey meet by chance on Copacabana Beach: Tristao Raposo, a poor black teen from the Rio slums, surviving day to day on street smarts and the hustle, and Isabel Leme, an upper-class white girl, treated like a pampered slave by her absent though very powerful father. Convinced that fate brought them together, betrayed by families who threaten to tear them apart, Tristao and Isabel flee to the farthest reaches of Brazil's wild west -- unaware of the astonishing destiny that awaits them . . . Spanning twenty-two years, from the mid-sixties to the late eighties, BRAZIL surprises and embraces the reader with its celebration of passion, loyalty, and New World innocence. "A tour de force . . . Spectacular." -- Time "Updike's novel, as tender as it is erotic, becomes a magnificently wrought love story . . . . Beautifully written." -- Detroit Free Press, A page-turning novel about a Black teen from the Rio slums and an upper-class white girl who are brought together by fate and betrayed by families who threaten to tear them apart--from one of the most gifted American writers of the twentieth century and the author of the acclaimed Rabbit series. "Steamy...breathtaking."-- The New Yorker They meet by chance on Copacabana Beach: Tristao Raposo, a poor black teen surviving day to day on street smarts and the hustle, and Isabel Leme, an upper-class white girl, treated like a pampered slave by her absent though very powerful father. Convinced that fate brought them together, betrayed by their families, Tristao and Isabel flee to the farthest reaches of Brazil's wild west--unaware of the astonishing destiny that awaits them.... Spanning twenty-two years, from the mid-sixties to the late eighties, BRAZIL surprises and embraces the reader with its celebration of passion, loyalty, and New World innocence. "A tour de force ... Spectacular." -- Time "Updike's novel, as tender as it is erotic, becomes a magnificently wrought love story.... Beautifully written." -- Detroit Free Press

LC Classification NumberPS3571.P4B48 1994