The Saddest Pleasure: A Journey on Two Rivers by Moritz Thomsen
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Condition Paperback with light cover rubbing, minor creasing and wear at the corners and spine ends, and age-toned paper. Read full condition
Paperback with light cover rubbing, minor creasing and wear at the corners and spine ends, and age-toned paper.
The book pictured is the copy you’ll receive.
Tracked NZ delivery usually takes 2–3 working days. Allow extra for rural addresses and weekend orders.
About this book
Moritz Thomsen travels through Brazil while reflecting on the personal upheaval that led him away from his farm in Ecuador. Encounters along the journey open into memories of family, friendship, poverty and the choices that shaped his life. A reflective travel memoir with an introduction by Paul Theroux, in the 1990 Graywolf Press paperback edition.
- Author: Moritz Thomsen
- Publisher: Graywolf Press
- Year: 1990
- Edition / printing: 1990 Graywolf edition; number line ends in 2, despite retained First Printing, 1990 statement
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1555971245
- ISBN-13: 9781555971243
Condition: Paperback with light cover rubbing, minor creasing and wear at the corners and spine ends, and age-toned paper.
Book details
- Title
- The Saddest Pleasure: A Journey on Two Rivers
- Authors
- Moritz Thomsen
- Publisher
- Graywolf Press
- Published
- 1990
- Language
- English
- Binding
- Paperback
- Edition
- 1990 Graywolf edition; number line ends in 2, despite retained First Printing, 1990 statement
- Subjects
- NON FICTION, TRAVEL, MEMOIR, BRAZIL, SOUTH AMERICA, PAUL THEROUX, VINTAGE BOOKS
- ISBN-13
- 9781555971243
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