As well as charting historical curiosities and providing testimonials from seminal carioca characters, the final section of the book provides an English translation of the text, making the dazzling work accessible to international audiences.

The publication is a true work of art in its own right - clever, thought-provoking and aesthetically stunning. 

Um Mergulho no Rio (A dip in Rio) is available via livraria travessa on this link, or via livraria travessa here. 

publisehd by casa da palavra, rio, feather and paintbrush (Rio, Pena e Pincel), is a book expressing an artistic account of the both the natural and societal history of the city of Rio de Janeiro - Text pieces by writer Heloisa Seixas are combined with reproductions of paintworks by Leonel Brayner and subtitles by editor Ruy Castro to depict the city of Rio de Janeiro in significant periods of times in both the near and distant past.