Brazil Red by Jean-Christophe Rufin
In this historical novel, a 16th-century French expedition to the Rio de Janeiro region attempts to found a utopian colony, bringing together idealists, soldiers and missionaries whose competing ambitions and beliefs collide with indigenous peoples and the encroaching Portuguese; the story traces the slow unraveling of their dream through religious disputes, cultural misunderstandings, betrayals and violence, painting a bleak but vivid portrait of colonial ambition and the human costs of idealism in an unfamiliar land.
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- Published
- 2001
- Nationality
- French
- Length
- Long
- Pages
- 500-600
- Original Language
- French
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- Alternate Titles
- - Rouge Brésil
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