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  Menino de engenho

  by José Lins do Rego

  Text: Portugese
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  Vidas Secas

  by Graciliano Ramos

  Una familia expulsada de su tierra por la sequia y la miseria: la historia de la familia Fabiano y su peregrinaje por la supervivencia sugiere un regionalismo sin tierra, donde las extensas descripciones del paisaje son reemplazadas por el drama humano y sus repercusiones politicas. De un realismo critico desafiante, Vidas secas es tambien una novela que reflexiona sobre el rol del escritor y de la literatura ante... (more)
• Recife - Manual Bandeira

  

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  Recife - Manual Bandeira

• Luneta Mágica, A

  

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• Noite na Taverna; Macário

  

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  Noite na Taverna; Macário

• The vampire of Curitiba and other storiesDalton Trevisan

  

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  The vampire of Curitiba and other stories

  by Dalton Trevisan

  Text: English, Portugese (translation)
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  Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands

  by Jorge Amado

  It surprises no one that the charming but wayward Vadinho dos Guimaraes–a gambler notorious for never winning—dies during Carnival. His long suffering widow Dona Flor devotes herself to her cooking school and her friends, who urge her to remarry. She is soon drawn to a kind pharmacist who is everything Vadinho was not, and is altogether happy to marry him. But after her wedding she finds herself dreaming about her... (more)
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  Esau and Jacob (Library of Latin America)

  by Machado de Assis

  Esau and Jacob is the last of Machado de Assis's four great novels. At one level it is the story of twin brothers in love with the same woman and her inability to choose between them. At another level, it is the story of Brazil itself, caught between the traditional and the modern, and between the monarchical and republican ideals. Instead of a heroic biblical fable, Machado de Assis gives us a story of the... (more)
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  A Casa dos Budas Ditosos

  by João Ubaldo Ribeiro

  Text: Portugese
• Carlos Drummond de Andrade: Poesia Completa

  

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  Carlos Drummond de Andrade: Poesia Completa

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  Iracema (Library of Latin America)

  by José Martiniano de Alencar

  One of the greatest novels of Brazilian Literature, Iracema metaphorically recounts the origins of Brazil. The story revolves around the colonist Martim and his love for the Indian maiden Iracema. From their union is born a son, the new man of the New World. But while the son survives, the union costs the life of his mother, or in other words, the life of the indigenous peoples of Brazil.
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  Recordacoes do Escrivao Isaias Caminha (Colecao Grandes Mestres da Literature Brasileira, 6)

  by Lima Barreto

  Recordações do Escrivão Isaías Caminha é um livro com referência auto-biográfica, tem como tema o racismo e a subordinação da imprensa à elite. É o primeiro romance escrito por Lima Barreto. A narrativa gira em torno de Isaías Caminha, um interiorano que decide ir ao Rio de Janeiro para cursar medicina e se tornar "doutor". Na sua infância, Isaías era o melhor aluno da sala e se julgava muito inteligente. Sua mãe... (more)
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  Casa de Pensão (Portuguese Edition)

  by Aluísio Azevedo

  Amâncio de Vasconcelos, um jovem maranhense, vem para o Rio de Janeiro com o propósito de realizar o curso de Medicina. De início hospeda-se em casa de um conhecido da família, Luís Campos, que vivia com sua mulher Dona Maria Hortência e uma cunhada, Dona Cadotinha. Entretanto, Amâncio encontrara-se com um amigo e co-provinciano, Paiva Rocha, e passa a viver uma vida desvairada e boêmia. As extravagâncias de... (more)