- Published: 28 April 2020
- ISBN: 9781847926111
- Imprint: Bodley Head
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Pages: 432
- RRP: $40.00
Magdalena
River of Dreams
- Published: 28 April 2020
- ISBN: 9781847926111
- Imprint: Bodley Head
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Pages: 432
- RRP: $40.00
Anyone who wishes to understand this mysterious corner of the world deserves Magdalena. It is a capacious, generous and illuminating book
—Juan Gabriel Vásquez
Davis stocks his lively narrative with piquant characters, dramatic historical set pieces, and lyrical nature writing. The result is a rich, fascinating study of how nature and a people shape each other
Publishers Weekly
After all our agonies, Wade Davis, through the evocative power of his writing and the clarity of his understanding, gives us all reason to once again love Colombia. That is the wonder of his book, which in many ways reads as a love letter to a nation
Héctor Abad, author of Oblivion
Shimmering... Never wincing from dark histories, yet never abandoning hope, Wade Davis shows us why Colombia stole his heart as a young traveller and holds it still
Kate Harris, author of Lands of Lost Borders
A magnificent, hugely important book, breathtaking in its scope and vision … a masterpiece … an epic journey across the nation and into its beating heart …essential reading for anyone wanting to understand Colombia
Anna Lewington