Vita: Life in a Zone of Social Abandonment by João Biehl
Vita: Life in a Zone of Social Abandonment

João Biehl

Vita: Life in a Zone of Social Abandonment

João Biehl with Torben Eskerod

404 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction challenging reflective slow-paced
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Zones of social abandonment are emerging everywhere in Brazil’s big cities—places like Vita, where the unwanted, the mentally ill, the sick, and the homeless are left to die. This haunting, unforgettable story centers on a young woman named Catari...

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