Download or read book Brazil written by Stefan Zweig and published by Zweig Press. This book was released on 2008-11 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BRAZIL- LAND OF THE FUTURE Translated by Andrew St. James. Contents include: Introduction 1 History 14 Economy 80 Culture 134 Rio de Janeiro 166 Sao Paulo 211 A Visit to King Coffee 223 A Visit to the Lost Gold Towns 233 Flight over the North 253 Time-Table 280. Introduction: IN THE old days the novelist, when placing a book on the market, frankly informed his prospective readers in a preface for which reasons, from what point of view, and with what intentions he had written it It was a good idea. It created by its informality and directness a basic understanding between the author and his public. And so I also want to state as honestly as possible what persuaded me to choose a theme which may seem far removed from the subjects about which I am accustomed to write. In 1936, when I was invited to go to the Argentine for the P. E. N. Club Congress in Buenos Aires, I received an in vitation at the same time to visit Brazil. I did not expect very much. My ideas of Brazil coincided with th