A Fabulous Love Story?

John Updike''s Brazil is a fascinating piece of work
to read. It is so captivating that you simply cannot
put it down. It seems to be a fabulous twentieth-
century love story of a rich, white girl and a
poor, black boy whose love is stronger than the
conventions of the country and thus, it overcomes
all obstacles.
The plot is full of action just like a movie film
incorporating scenes from erotic love to horrifying
death. A part of the novel resembles a kind of ''time
travel'' through several centuries in the history of
Brazil. We can encounter adventurers looking for
gold in the gold-mines of South America, Indian
tribes kidnapping children, colonists wandering the
backlands and even a shaman as the book cannot even
do without magic.
Can all this be true in a twentieth century setting
or is it fiction? This book gives the answer
through a thorough study of Brazil''s history,
economy, social structure and civilization.

Autorentext
First I graduated from Teacher Training College in Szombathely, Hungary in 1997. My majors were English and German. Then I graduated from Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Faculty of Humanities in Piliscsaba, Hungary in 2007. I have been working as a teacher.

Klappentext
John Updike's Brazil is a fascinating piece of work to read. It is so captivating that you simply cannot put it down. It seems to be a fabulous twentieth- century love story of a rich, white girl and a poor, black boy whose love is stronger than the conventions of the country and thus, it overcomes all obstacles. The plot is full of action just like a movie film incorporating scenes from erotic love to horrifying death. A part of the novel resembles a kind of 'time travel' through several centuries in the history of Brazil. We can encounter adventurers looking for gold in the gold-mines of South America, Indian tribes kidnapping children, colonists wandering the backlands and even a shaman as the book cannot even do without magic. Can all this be true in a twentieth century setting or is it fiction? This book gives the answer through a thorough study of Brazil's history, economy, social structure and civilization.