{"product_id":"9781399628914-when-we-sold-gods-eye","title":"When We Sold God's Eye","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘A MODERN CLASSIC OF LITERARY NONFICTION’ – JON LEE ANDERSON\u003cbr\u003eThe astonishing true story of how one of the Amazon's last uncontacted tribes embraced capitalism (and all its bloody consequences) by running their own illegal diamond mine in the depths of the rainforest\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A first-class work of reporting [and] a work of compassion for  Indigenous peoples everywhere' BENJAMIN MOSER, Pulitzer Prize-winning  author of \u003ci\u003eSONTAG\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Reads like a wondrous mixture of \u003ci\u003eHeart of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIn Cold Blood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.  A non-fiction novel of modern conquest, capitalism and murder . a  stunning work' GREG GRANDIN, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eFORDLANDIA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen We Sold God's Eye\u003c\/i\u003e tells  the astonishing true story of the Cinta Larga, an Amazonian tribe  uncontacted by the Western world until the 1960s. Growing up in a remote  corner of the Amazon, Pio, Maria, and Oita learned to hunt wild pigs  and tapirs, gathering Brazil nuts and açaí berries from centuries-old  trees. Then the first highway pierced through. Loggers and prospectors  invaded, and they lost their families to terrible new weapons and  diseases. Pushed to assimilate, they struggled to understand their new,  capitalist reality. They ended up forging an uneasy symbiosis with their  white antagonists -  until a seam of diamonds erupted in their  territory and decades of suppressed trauma burst out in a shocking act  of retribution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on six years of immersive reporting and research, \u003ci\u003eWhen We Sold God's Eye\u003c\/i\u003e tells  a unique kind of adventure story: a story of survival against all odds;  of the temptations of wealth and the dream of prosperity; of a vital  ecosystem threatened by the hunger for natural resources; of genocide  and revenge. It's a story as old as the first European encounters with  Indigenous people, playing out in the present day. But most of all, it's  about a few startlingly clever individuals and their power to adapt -  even thrive - in the most unlikely circumstances.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55366124142966,"sku":"9781399628914","price":10.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_13535527_39156_20250507032530.jpg?v=1746633567","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781399628914-when-we-sold-gods-eye","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}