This book review was written by Eugene Kernes
Is This An Overview?
D’Arrast is a French engineer in Brazil for a project, which
would prevent flooding and provide the poor community with jobs. For what the d’Arrast is going to do for the
community, d’Arrast is received with gratitude and appreciation by the
elite. But d’Arrast is uncomfortable
being deferred to. While d’Arrast visits
the locals, d’Arrast becomes immersed in the community. Finding belonging with them. D’Arrast meets a cook who during a
life-threatening situation made a promise that should the cook survive, the
cook would carry a heavy stone. The
night before the cook needed to carry the stone, there was a celebration. The cook wanted d’Arrast to come to the
celebration, in part to make sure the cook left early. Otherwise the cook would not be able to carry
out the promise. But at the celebration,
the cook did not want to leave. This
made carrying the stone a further struggle for the cook, who could not finish
carrying the stone to its destination.
D’Arrast seeks to help the cook.
But, the cook belongs to a different community than those who have been
deferring to d’Arrast. What should
d’Arrast do?
