The richest and most sensual novel in years from the pulitzer prize-winning author of the rabbit series. Two young, beautiful lovers, a black child of the rio slums and a pampered upper-class white girl, endure privation...The richest and most sensual novel in years from the pulitzer prize-winning author of the rabbit series. Two young, beautiful lovers, a black child of the rio slums and a pampered upper-class white girl, endure privation, violence, and captivity to be together.