Brazil, Paperback/John Updike

Tristao Raposo, a nineteen-year old black child of the Rio slums, spies Isabel Leme, an eighteen-year-old upper-class white girl, across the hot sands of Copacabana Neach, and presents her with a ring. Their flight into marriage takes them from urban banality to the farthest reaches of Brazil 's wild west. Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Author(s): John Updike Number of pages: 272 Collection: Penguin Modern Classics Publication date: 2006 Dimensions: 197 x 129 x 17 Cover type: Paperback / softback