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    Chasing Bohemia: a year of living recklessly in Rio de Janeiro

    By Carmen Michael

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    Carmen Michael, a twenty-eight-year-old travel industry executive, ditches her job in London and visits the city of Rio de Janeiro for a holiday. Wary of the allure of glossy brochure promises, she starts out very much as a jaded jetsetter.

    Her scepticism, however, is swiftly overcome when she moves into a yellow mansion owned by Gustavo, a flamboyant bachelor who lives in the hills between the favelas.

    In the forgotten bairros of old Rio, Carmen embraces Latin American life with all its colour, danger, and unpredictability. She flirts with Brazilian high society, collaborates with an Italian revolutionary, walks straight into the well-sprung trap of a local hustler, runs away from him to Buenos Aires and then runs back — only to fall for a samba musician from the local bohemian quarter.

    Winding its way through the anarchic backstreets of bohemian Rio, far from the glitzy beaches for which the city is more famous, Chasing Bohemia looks at the extraordinary musical culture, unapologetic hedonism, and rampant infidelity that rule this far-flung paradise of the tropics.

    Written with great vivacity, Chasing Bohemia is a story about living for the day — and the surprising little truths about yourself you can discover through being immersed in poverty, isolation, and a culture that is not your own.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherScribe Publications
    Release dateOct 1, 2007
    ISBN9781922072061
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    Chasing Bohemia: a year of living recklessly in Rio de Janeiro
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    Carmen Michael

    Carmen Michael first visited Brazil in 2003 for one week, and has been there ever since. After completing a degree in economics at the University of Sydney, she worked in the travel industry and travelled extensively. She contributed to Lonely Planet’s Rio de Janeiro Guide, set up a website for women travellers, conducted radio interviews for the ABC, and has written articles across a wide variety of subjects, including travel, politics, economics, and the arts. Carmen lives in Santa Teresa, Rio de Janeiro.

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      Loved the book! I also fell in love with Rio and am unable to get over its charm and utterly enchanting mysterious ways.