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EVERY DAY THE RIVER CHANGES FOUR WEEKS DOWN THE...

An exhilarating travelogue for a new generation about a journey along Colombia's Magdalena
River  exploring life by the banks of a majestic river now at risk  and how a country recovers
from conflict. Richly observed. -Liesl Schillinger  The New York Times Book Review An American
writer of Argentine  Syrian  and Iraqi Jewish descent  Jordan Salama tells the story of the Río
Magdalena  nearly one thousand miles long  the heart of Colombia. This is Gabriel García
Márquez's territory-rumor has it Macondo was partly inspired by the port town of Mompox-as much
as that of the Middle Eastern immigrants who run fabric stores by its banks. Following the
river from its source high in the Andes to its mouth on the Caribbean coast  journeying by boat
bus  and improvised motobalinera  Salama writes against stereotype and toward the rich lives of
those he meets. Among them are a canoe builder  biologists who study invasive hippopotamuses  a
Queens transplant managing a failing hotel  a jeweler practicing the art of silver filigree 
and a traveling librarian whose donkeys  Alfa and Beto  haul books to rural children. Joy 
mourning  and humor come together in this astonishing debut  about a country too often seen as
only a site of war  and a tale of lively adventure following a legendary river.

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