Through the Arc of the Rain Forest

**Yamashita "blends the . . . surrealism of Garcia Marquez, bizarre science fiction . . . � la Stanislaw Lem, and a gift for satirizing . . . that recalls Heller of *Catch-22*" (*Publishers Weekly*).**

This freewheeling black comedy features a bizarre cast of characters, including a Japanese man with a ball floating six inches in front of his head, an American CEO with three arms, and a Brazilian peasant who discovers the art of healing by tickling one's earlobe with a feather. By the end of this hilarious tale, they each have risen to the heights of wealth and fame, before arriving at disasters--both personal and ecological-- that destroy the rain forest and all birds of Brazil.

"Fluid and poetic as well as terrifying." --*New York Times Book Review*

"Dazzling . . . A seamless mixture of magic realism, satire and futuristic fiction." --*San Francisco Chronicle*

"Impressive . . . A flight of fancy through a dreamlike Brazil." --*Village Voice*

"Surreal and misty, sweeping from one high-voltage scene to another." --*LA Weekly*

"Amuses and frightens at the same time." --*Newsday*

"Incisive and funny, this book yanks our chains and makes us see the absurdity that rules our world." --*Booklist* (starred review)

"Expansive and ambitious . . . Incredible and complicated." --*Library Journal*