{"product_id":"b002um5bt6","title":"Rio de Janeiro: A City on Fire (Writer and the City)","description":"\u003cp\u003eRuy Castro delves into the past and present of Rio, where even in periods of comparative calm there has always been a palpable excitement in the air - the feeling of a city on fire.\u003cbr\u003e\nIn this spellbinding fifth entry in Bloomsbury's  The Writer and the City  series, Rio de Janeiro's vibrant history unfolds. While stiff-collared poets flirted with prim young ladies in coffeehouses during the belle époque, revolts were being plotted that almost destroyed the city. We learn how the iconic wave-patterned mosaics of Copacabana pavements were baptized with blood, and how more than a hundred years before the girl from Ipanema passed by, the girls from Ouvidor Street adopted French chic - and never really gave it up. From what is arguably the most breathtakingly beautiful city in the world, the people of Rio - the Cariocas - tell their stories: of cannibals charming European intellectuals; of elegant slaves and their shabby masters; of how a casual chat between two people drinking coffee on Avenida Rio Branco could affect world coffee markets; of an awe-inspiring beach life; of favelas, drugs, police, carnival, football, and music. With his own Carioca good humor and great storytelling gifts, Ruy Castro brings the reader thrillingly close to the flames.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":52821199159512,"sku":"YSL38505","price":6.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0835\/3356\/2072\/files\/71tenWjksmL._SY1500.jpg?v=1793102521","url":"https:\/\/www.bookmebay.com\/products\/b002um5bt6","provider":"BookMebay","version":"1.0","type":"link"}