Fordlandia

A Novel

De: Eduardo Sguiglia, Patricia J. Duncan - translator

Narrado por: Jonathan Davis

Fordlandia is a haunting, evocative novel, a mysterious, lyrical tale at whose core lies a tiny nugget of fact: In 1929, Henry Ford, presiding in flinty authority over his automobile empire, grew tired of the British monopoly on Brazilian rubber. So, with his signature hubris, Ford decided he would produce his own rubber, and set about colonizing the Amazon, ultimately investing millions and founding an entire city around his plantation. The name of the city was Fordlandia. Surrounding this granule of historical curiosity is a rich, captivating fable that explores the fundamental struggle between man and the natural world. Sguiglia's exquisitely imagined Fordlandia is a town of characters by turns engaging and enigmatic, who will draw the listener into their various worlds so effortlessly and ingenuously that their dreams, discoveries, and downfalls begin to seem as immediate and piercing as one's own.

©1997 Eduardo Sguiglia; translation 2019 by Patricia J. Duncan (P)2019 Audible, Inc.

Interesting epilogue to Amazon trip

After a trip to Santarem and seeing the rubber trees this story filled in the history of an important era. The slavery that occurred was not really described as Ford really ran a company town and kept workers in constant debt. Interesting insight on Ford.