Driving home, Paulo passes an indigenous girl standing by the road?and gives her a lift to her family’s roadside camp.
From São Paulo’s rich kids and the Guarani Indians camped along Brazil’s highways to a squatter’s life in London, Nowhere People is a raw, passionate, and prize-winning Brazilian novel about our need for a home.
Paulo Scott was born in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in 1966 and grew up in a working class area. At university, Scott was an active member of the student political movement and he took part in Brazil’s re-democratization process. He also translates from English.
