Douglas Lorie discusses his novel Acaju

Saturday 7/26 2pm – 3pm
Douglas Lorie discusses his novel Acaju

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Brazil. For Europeans in the 1700s, a frontier in which all dreams could come true. Dreams of saving souls, of scientific discoveries, of wealth. Wealth from the sugar fields, only attainable with the enslavement of both African and native peoples. Acaju begins with a baby left at the gates of a Catholic mission. The enigmatic child, named Jasy, is dark skinned, but with blue eyes. Jasy is raised in part by a priest who educates him and in part by a Tupi foster mother who shows him the art and tradition of yerba mahtay tea. Douglas Beye Lorie's Brazil is at times mystic, at times all too real. Acaju's characters--the priest, the botanist, the orphan, the slaver, the sugar baron, the mysterious healer who appears when her people need her and then disappears into the forest again--carry this complex and satisfying story that will remind readers of Gabriel Garcia Marquez in its scope and beauty.

Event date: 
Saturday, July 26, 2014 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Event address: 
752 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Next to Foster's Market & Kitchen
27514 Chapel Hill
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