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Title: Backlands
Author: Victoria Shorr
Narrator: Carla Mercer-Meyer
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
Language: English
Release date: 05-11-15
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Ratings: 1 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
Set in the sparse frontier settlements of northeastern Brazil, Backlands tells the true story of a group of nomadic outlaws who reigned over the area from about 1922 until 1938. Taking from the rich and feared by the poor, they were led by the famously charismatic bandit Lampiao.
A one-eyed goat rancher who first set out to avenge his father's murder in a lawless land, Lampiao proved to be too good a leader, fighter, and strategist to ever return home again. By 1925, he commanded the biggest gang of outlaws in Brazil. Known to this day as a "prince", Lampiao had everything: brains, money, power, charisma, and luck. Everything but love, until he met Maria Bonita.
"You teach me to make lace, and I'll teach you to make love" - this was the song the bandits marched to, and it was Maria Bonita who made it come true. She was stuck in a loveless marriage when she met Lampiao, but she rode off with him, becoming "Queen of the Bandits". Together the couple - still celebrated folk heroes - would become the country's most wanted figures, protecting their extraordinary freedom through cunning.
Critic Reviews:
"Shorr has really found the voice to tell the story." (Alex Shoumatoff, author of The Rivers Amazon)
Members Reviews:
Five Stars
Takes you clearly to another world. We were sorry when it ended.
Brazilian frontier stories
atmospheric book, rendering the eternal sertao to all readers. Very faithful to Euclides da Cunha who brought the severity, violence and mysticism of the Northeast to national consciousness. At bottom, this is a love story of the lost who refuse to surrender.
FantasticBook
I was not able to put it down. what a great read
It was surprising to have been written by an american but then americans are are discovering something good.
This is a very well done story about a time and place in Brazil and the people involved in it. It was surprising to have been written by an american but then americans are are discovering something good.
Five Stars
Loved it! Victoria Shorr is an amazing writer. Highly recommend.
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Title: Backlands
Author: Victoria Shorr
Narrator: Carla Mercer-Meyer
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
Language: English
Release date: 05-11-15
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Ratings: 1 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
Set in the sparse frontier settlements of northeastern Brazil, Backlands tells the true story of a group of nomadic outlaws who reigned over the area from about 1922 until 1938. Taking from the rich and feared by the poor, they were led by the famously charismatic bandit Lampiao.
A one-eyed goat rancher who first set out to avenge his father's murder in a lawless land, Lampiao proved to be too good a leader, fighter, and strategist to ever return home again. By 1925, he commanded the biggest gang of outlaws in Brazil. Known to this day as a "prince", Lampiao had everything: brains, money, power, charisma, and luck. Everything but love, until he met Maria Bonita.
"You teach me to make lace, and I'll teach you to make love" - this was the song the bandits marched to, and it was Maria Bonita who made it come true. She was stuck in a loveless marriage when she met Lampiao, but she rode off with him, becoming "Queen of the Bandits". Together the couple - still celebrated folk heroes - would become the country's most wanted figures, protecting their extraordinary freedom through cunning.
Critic Reviews:
"Shorr has really found the voice to tell the story." (Alex Shoumatoff, author of The Rivers Amazon)
Members Reviews:
Five Stars
Takes you clearly to another world. We were sorry when it ended.
Brazilian frontier stories
atmospheric book, rendering the eternal sertao to all readers. Very faithful to Euclides da Cunha who brought the severity, violence and mysticism of the Northeast to national consciousness. At bottom, this is a love story of the lost who refuse to surrender.
FantasticBook
I was not able to put it down. what a great read
It was surprising to have been written by an american but then americans are are discovering something good.
This is a very well done story about a time and place in Brazil and the people involved in it. It was surprising to have been written by an american but then americans are are discovering something good.
Five Stars
Loved it! Victoria Shorr is an amazing writer. Highly recommend.