Orphans of Eldorado
By: Milton Hatoum; translated from the Portuguese by John Gledson
Contributors: Gledson, John, 1945-
Series: Myths series; Myths (Canongate Publishing)
Publisher: Canongate
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9781847673008
Subjects: Fables; Fiction
Description: The setting for this magical fable is Eldorado, the Enchanted city that inhabited the fevered dreams of European navigators and conquistadors, but eluded all attempts to find it on the map. Some have linked it to Manaus in the Amazon Basin, and it is here that Arminto Cordovil lives with his father Amando in a white mansion. Orphans of Eldorado is a rich and magical fable that beautifully captures the atmosphere of the steamy, lush Amazonian world.
Notes: Translated from the Portuguese.