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''Jabujicaba〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jabujicaba, by Rosa da Silva )〕'' is an eco-thriller set in Brazil, written under the pen name of Rosa da Silva. It is the story of Carmen Macedo, a black journalist born in Brazil (adopted and brought up in England) who rediscovers her roots on an investigation into an eco-disaster in the Amazon rainforest. ''Jabujicaba'' was published in 2014 in English and is part of a grass-roots environmental movement that uses art and literature to reconnect us with our natural world. It is the flagship project of Voices for Nature Ltd,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Not-for-profit: Voices for Nature )〕 a not-for-profit company based in England. Voices for Nature was set up to support and promote artistic projects in all media that relate to the conservation of flora and fauna in and from Brazil’s rainforests. The book is currently under development as a film and is being translated into Brazilian Portuguese. All royalties from Jabujicaba support conservation projects〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Enjoy a jolly good read and raise funds for World Land Trust )〕 in Brazil’s rainforests. == The Plot == (Jabujicaba )'''' is set in Brazil in the not-to-distant future. The country is on the verge of bankruptcy and the populist and ‘green’ president is forced to auction off the Amazon rainforest to meet the country’s debt obligations and to prevent a military coup. The ‘heroine’ is a young black woman, Carmen Macedo. She is a journalist from London who was born in Brazil, having been adopted and moved to England after her mother's tragic suicide. When Carmen is sent by her paper to investigate an environmental disaster in the Amazon, her investigation turns into a mission to save the country of her birth. She finds herself having to confront her childhood traumas and rediscover the Brazilian ‘self’ she had lost. In her mission, Carmen joins forces with an unlikely crew of people whom she suspects belong to the secretive Forest Liberation Front. She is increasingly attracted to their leader, a mysterious adventurer whom she knows as Braga. Together they journey through the apocalyptic cities of Brazil into the deepest Amazon forest, where they are captured by ‘savage’ Indians whose culture has been destroyed by the eco-disaster. Carmen also meets two of her dead mother’s former lovers. Together they try to make sense of her mother’s suicide as they discover it is connected to a legendary tree called (Jabujicaba ). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jabujicaba」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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