The Drifters by James A. Michener

Author:James A. Michener [Michener, James A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 9780804151498
Publisher: Random House LLC
Published: 2014-03-18T04:00:00+00:00

Not far from the center of Alte was a wooded plaza bounded on the east by the tumbling cascade. It was a place of extraordinary beauty, for its rude simplicity, its tiny bandstand and brick-lined footpaths made it more like a large outdoor room than a public place, while the noisy water, rushing over boulders, provided a constant music, whether the band was in attendance or not.

The plaza was presided over by a rude statue of the town’s only native son to have achieved importance. In classical stone features marked by a long beard, Candido Guerreiro looked down upon the plaza he had loved; in his day it had had no paving. On a plaque below the tip of his beard was engraved:

A MEMORIA DO GRANDE POETA ALTENSE

‘Because I was born at the foot of the four mountains Where the waters go singing by …’

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