Iracema (The Silence of the River)
(Of the handful of men who set out from Quito in search of cinnamon, I was the youngest and the most hungry for danger. He was the second son of a poor gentleman from Trujillo, with no land to inherit and no fortune to hope for. That is why I embarked for the Indies, not for God or for gold, but because of that youthful fever that burns in boys when the world seems small to them. The journey was a month of boredom and rotten food. Until the brig dragged us in the current of the great river and the jungle swallowed us up. Now there is only the murmur of warrior women and my hand trembling on the sword.)
About Iracema (The Silence of the River)
(Of the handful of men who set out from Quito in search of cinnamon, I was the youngest and the most hungry for danger. He was the second son of a poor gentleman from Trujillo, with no land to inherit and no fortune to hope for. That is why I embarked for the Indies, not for God or for gold, but because of that youthful fever that burns in boys ...Read more