{"product_id":"samba-9780679732563","title":"Samba","description":"To the 70 million poor of Brazil, dreaming and planning for Carnival is an upside down ritual for exorcising their pain--a brilliant cultural and sexual release in which sequins are brighter than diamonds; prostitutes and pimps are queens and kings, and dancing skill is more prized than power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alma Guillermoprieto\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/30\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.22w x 0.57d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679732563\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/12\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlma Guillermoprieto\u003c\/b\u003e writes frequently for the\u003ci\u003e New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books.\u003c\/i\u003e She is the author of \u003ci\u003eLooking for History, The Heart That Bleeds, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSamba\u003c\/i\u003e, and she was named a MacArthur Fellow in 1995. Raised in Mexico and the United States, she now makes her home in Mexico City.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":42992827924595,"sku":"9.78068E+12","price":24.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_8f5a4aeb-c0fb-44b9-bceb-ce1370075def.jpg?v=1744718415","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/samba-9780679732563","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}