Yamashita "blends the . . . surrealism of Garcia Marquez, bizarre science fiction . . . a la Stanislaw Lem, and a gift for satirizing . . . that recalls Heller of Catch-22" (Publishers Weekly).
This freewheeling black comedy features a bizarre cast of characters, including a Japanese man with a ball floating six inches in front of his head, an American CEO with three arms, and a Brazilian peasant who discovers the art of healing by tickling one's earlobe with a feather. By the end of this hilarious tale, they each have risen to the heights of wealth and fame, before arriving at disasters - both personal and ecological - that destroy the rain forest and all birds of Brazil.
"Fluid and poetic as well as terrifying." - New York Times Book Review
"Dazzling . . . A seamless mixture of magic realism, satire and futuristic fiction." - San Francisco Chronicle
"Impressive . . . A flight of fancy through a dreamlike Brazil." - Village Voice
"Surreal and misty, sweeping from one high-voltage scene to another." - LA Weekly
"Amuses and frightens at the same time." - Newsday
"Incisive and funny, this book yanks our chains and makes us see the absurdity that rules our world." - Booklist (starred review)
"Expansive and ambitious . . . Incredible and complicated." - Library Journal
Genre: Literary Fiction
This freewheeling black comedy features a bizarre cast of characters, including a Japanese man with a ball floating six inches in front of his head, an American CEO with three arms, and a Brazilian peasant who discovers the art of healing by tickling one's earlobe with a feather. By the end of this hilarious tale, they each have risen to the heights of wealth and fame, before arriving at disasters - both personal and ecological - that destroy the rain forest and all birds of Brazil.
"Fluid and poetic as well as terrifying." - New York Times Book Review
"Dazzling . . . A seamless mixture of magic realism, satire and futuristic fiction." - San Francisco Chronicle
"Impressive . . . A flight of fancy through a dreamlike Brazil." - Village Voice
"Surreal and misty, sweeping from one high-voltage scene to another." - LA Weekly
"Amuses and frightens at the same time." - Newsday
"Incisive and funny, this book yanks our chains and makes us see the absurdity that rules our world." - Booklist (starred review)
"Expansive and ambitious . . . Incredible and complicated." - Library Journal
Genre: Literary Fiction
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