The Americas
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Books in this Series
Tieta Do Agreste
Antonieta pastoreia cabras em Mangue Seco e entrega-se a diversos amantes nas dunas da região. A carola Perpétua denuncia ao pai, Zé Esteves, as aventuras da irmã, e a liberdade da moça escandaliza a pequena Sant’Ana do Agreste. Depois de levar uma surra de cajado, Tieta é escorraçada de casa pelo pai. Depois de perambular por localidades próximas, prostituindo-se para sobreviver, Tieta segue para São Paulo, onde se torna cafetina. Envia dinheiro à família, mas ninguém conhece seu paradeiro. Quando a correspondência é interrompida, Perpétua conclui que a irmã está morta. Mas após mais de 25 anos da partida Tieta regressa. A volta da filha pródiga revoluciona a pequena cidade baiana. Graças à influência dela, a luz gerada pela hidrelétrica de Paulo Afonso chega a Sant’Ana do Agreste, o que leva uma indústria altamente poluidora a querer se instalar ali, ameaçando o destino ecológico do lugar. Além disso, Tieta volta a povoar as fantasias dos homens e vive uma relação incestuosa com seu sobrinho, o seminarista Ricardo.
The origin of species and other poems
"Along with its title poem, a meditation on Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, this volume by Latin American poet Ernesto Cardenal includes twenty new poems--some appearing for the first time in English and some previously unpublished--and new cantos supplementing Cosmic Canticle"--Provided by publisher.
Mujer habitada
The Inhabited Woman is an intelligent and politically sophisticated adventure-romance in which the soul of an Indian warrior woman from the time of the Conquistadors inhabits the body and mind of Lavinia, a middle class woman living in a Latin American country. With daring and growing self-assertion, Lavinia abandons the confines of her own privileged life to join an underground movement against a dictatorship, undergoing a personal transformation in which she finds - through love - the power and courage to act.
The war in Bom Fim
"Through the local children's imaginative fantasy of a pretend war, tells the story of the day-to-day survival of Jews in Porto Alegre, Brazil, during World War II. The first novel by Brazilian-Jewish author Moacyr Scliar; translated by David William Foster"--Provided by publisher.
Rakushisha
"A journey to Japan seen through the eyes of two Brazilians: Haruki and Celina. Through a counterpoint of narration and text, and with reference to haiku by seventeenth-century master Matsuo Bashō, the pair's losses and struggles unfold"--Provided by publisher.
Kafka's leopards
"Follows the actions of Benjamin Kantarovitch, nicknamed "Mousy," relating a series of missteps, misinterpretations, and misidentifications involving Franz Kafka and one of his most famous parables"--Provided by publisher.
The neighborhood
"In six parts, the stories of Misters Valéry, Calvino, Juarroz, Henri, Kraus, and Walser are imagined through prose and illustration"--Provided by publisher.