The Encounter by Petru Popescu
'Popescu relates the bizarre adventures of his friend, the photographer Loren McIntyre, whose encounters with an elusive South American Indian tribe makes for an extraordinary, gripping tale.' - Publishers Weekly
[Petru Popescu] gives McIntyre's story the narrative drive of a thriller.. a book that suggests new ways of looking at the world and our place within it Sunday Telegraph Blazing tale of mysticism and acculturation Financial Times [An] eye-popping account... according to several excited critics, McBurney's use of the very latest in sound technology has the miraculous effect of making you feel you're right there in the Amazon jungle with Loren McIntyre and the Mayoruna. But for proof that the same effect can be produced by the rather less advanced method of ink on paper, look no further than this book Daily Mail As powerful and mystical as any ancient epic... Travel writing in a class of its own: Heart of Darkness meets Walden The Lady A fascinating tale of ethical and spiritual dilemmas Wanderlust An extraordinary, gripping tale Publishers Weekly Strange and wonderful... Fascinating reading... A sort of Castaneda exercise in mystical and ecological inquiry Kirkus Reviews
Born in Bucharest in 1944, Petru Popescu was Communist Romania's most provocative young novelist, before he was forced to defect and start writing in English. His Romanian novels Captured and Burial of the Vine are classics of the resistance against totalitarian art. Moving to the United States, he wrote movies including The Last Wave and Death of an Angel, before returning full time to fiction. The Encounter: Amazon Beaming, Almost Adam, The Return, and The Oasis made him known worldwide. In The Encounter, the theme of exploring and winning one's freedom within oneself makes an unforgettable character from the discoverer of the Amazon's source, Loren McIntyre. Undoubtedly, freedom is Popescu's signature motif. Popescu is married to screenplay writer Iris Friedman, and they live in Los Angeles. Born in London in 1957, Simon McBurney is an actor, director and writer, as well as the founder and artistic director of the acclaimed UK theatre company Complicite, whose productions include The Master and Margarita and A Disappearing Number.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781782272335 |
| ISBN 10 | 178227233X |
| Title | The Encounter |
| Author | Petru Popescu |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pushkin Press |
| Year published | 2016-02-04 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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