Translated from the Portuguese.
I’m about to start a new project, Livro de Mochila (Backpack Book), a site about books to carry on a trip. For every book I want to say where it’s best read, and instead of me guessing, why not ask the person who wrote it? Amyr Klink is going to be the first one, so I sent him this:
Hi Amyr,
When you stop to eat an apple and rest from the numbers and routes of planning your next voyage, could you give us a bit of your time? We promise not to take long.
We’re part of the “Livro de mochila” project. It’s still at the beginning, but we’re gathering good books to keep a good trip company, and we’re sure some of your stories are excellent to carry in the luggage.
So we’d like to know if you’d let us publish a short review of some of your books on the site www.livrodemochila.com.
And another “small” request. After the review, we thought about recommending some places where people could travel with your stories, but we believe nobody would be better at recommending those places than the author of the book.
So, before you go back to your spreadsheet, could you tell your future (re)readers where (city, country, beach, or what kind of place) you’d recommend traveling with your stories?
I know it isn’t an easy request, so we made a few examples to make it easier.
Amyr Klink would like to travel with you and Cem Dias Entre CĂŠu e Mar through…
… Paraty and its hidden beaches, showing you the immensity of the Atlantic Ocean while you lie by the water, until night falls…
… Ilha de SĂŁo Francisco in Santa Catarina, sitting in the historic center…
… A quiet and isolated place, inside a tent, by the light of a lantern…Well, that was it, Amyr. We’ll be very grateful if you help us with this small project to encourage reading and traveling.
The “we” is me (and maybe Mandrake, who lent me Cem Dias Entre CĂŠu e Mar). The spreadsheet is my way of showing I know how much that man plans a trip.
Now I’m waiting for his answer…