tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post2678593763735423354..comments2024-01-02T15:37:04.858-05:00Comments on Caravana de recuerdos: Backlands: The Canudos Campaign #1Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-21689801940022482542015-04-26T23:15:43.795-04:002015-04-26T23:15:43.795-04:00You make me want to reread the book, Miguel! I...You make me want to reread the book, Miguel! I've read very little Brazilian history to date (although I do have a couple of books on the War of the Triple Alliance out on loan from the library), but all those topics you mention make it easy to understand how one could easily read a book a month on the country and stay totally interested for years. Argentinean and Paraguayan history offer some of the same potential reading pleasures, of course.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-90141168306761523602015-04-22T10:44:42.633-04:002015-04-22T10:44:42.633-04:00Funny I didn't notice this post until now. The...Funny I didn't notice this post until now. The section about the conflit is epic, riveting. Lately I've been reading about 17th century Brasil, the explorers, the millitarization of Jesuit missions, the Indian rebellions, and I now suspect that Canudos was not only inevitable, it was actually a pretty normal event within the vast history of that nation.LMRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08538873868140070018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-79618908865886248822010-09-15T01:12:30.529-04:002010-09-15T01:12:30.529-04:00*Emily: Ha ha, I'm not sure who else in blogla...*Emily: Ha ha, I'm not sure who else in blogland wants to read/read about this "bible of the Brazilian nation" other than Amateur Reader, Rise, and maybe Jill anyway! Am deciding to specialize in posts that DRIVE AWAY traffic--seems I have a knack for it. Cheers!Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-44447756138508989652010-09-14T14:12:42.694-04:002010-09-14T14:12:42.694-04:00You're right that on the face of it this DOESN...You're right that on the face of it this DOESN'T sound like my cup of tea, but hey - a good book can be about anything, as Amateur Reader has been arguing lately. The excerpt you quoted does seem super arresting in style and content; I'll be curious to read your follow-up posts!Emilyhttp://www.eveningallafternoon.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-74548745867101035712010-09-14T11:17:12.411-04:002010-09-14T11:17:12.411-04:00*Amateur Reader: More on da Cunha is on the way wi...*Amateur Reader: More on da Cunha is on the way with follow-up posts ready probably Wednesday and Friday. I marked up half the book, so it shouldn't be hard to find style sample quotes or anything like that. What a masterful writer/engaging thinker.<br /><br />*Rise: I had your translation checked out from the library for a while last year, but I think the new Penguin edition is far superior in terms of readability. Da Cunha's prose is top tier throughout, of course, but the parts dealing with the battle/massacre are just a joy to behold. Really impressive stuff.<br /><br />*Jill: That would be funny if we could finally agree on a title! In the meantime, I'd definitely recommend <em>Backlands: The Canudos Campaign</em> over <em>Rebellion in the Backlands</em> from what I can remember of the other edition: the prose is punchier and more direct in Elizabeth Lowe's Penguin hands, and Ilan Stavans contributes a nice introduction as well. I should have a millenarian anecdote for you tomorrow, by the way...Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-1847872807231539282010-09-14T01:54:13.098-04:002010-09-14T01:54:13.098-04:00I love that excerpt! What a rip-roaring first thr...I love that excerpt! What a rip-roaring first three sentences! I might even like a book you like! Can we believe it?!!! But actually I love millenarian stuff. One of my all time favorite books in fact is (or was, I should say, since I haven't read it in a thousand years more or less) The Pursuit of the Millenium by Norman Cohn. <br /><br />So hmmm, I wonder would I look for Backlands: The Canudos Campaign, or Rebellion in the Backlands? Any thoughts on that?rhapsodyinbookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07041412748239010264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-80216475811268302642010-09-14T00:19:05.682-04:002010-09-14T00:19:05.682-04:00Wow, indeed. I've a copy of this book in a dif...Wow, indeed. I've a copy of this book in a different translation (<i>Rebellion in the Backlands</i>, trans. Samuel Putnam). I've read the first pages and was blown by the quality of the prose.Risehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-61991167259410427832010-09-14T00:06:52.170-04:002010-09-14T00:06:52.170-04:00I dunno. Some Unique Hygrometers sounds like it m...I dunno. <i>Some Unique Hygrometers</i> sounds like it might be my kind of thing. But I've just been reading Sir Thomas Browne and <i>Moby-Dick</i> so who knows.<br /><br />Your writeup confirms everything I have read about this book. Eager to read more.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.com