Fiction. Latino/Latina Studies. The acclaimed ethnographer K lives with the Roirua-peo in their compound on the Amazon. After a successful period of study, both his work and tribe's survival are threatened by the persistent journeys upriver of evangelists, adventurers, artists, and the ideas of well-known philosophers. Eventually, the arrival of a Herzog-esque German filmmaker and his deranged and volatile star destroy the balance of tribal life and lead to a surprising—and irrevocable—climax.

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Eugene K. Garber is a Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus of English at The University at Albany. His books include O AMAZONAS ESCURO (Swank Books, 2010); VIENNA 00 (Spuyten Duyvil, 2006); The Historian: Six Fantasies of the American Experience (Milkweed Editions, 1993), winner of TriQuarterly's 1992 William Goyen Prize for Fiction; and Metaphysical Tales, winner of the 1981 Associated Writing Programs Award for Short fiction. He is the recipient of awards from the National Endowment for Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the Fulbright Foundation.