Description |
1 online resource (xv, 523 pages) |
Contents |
Introduction: World world vast world of the Brazilian short story -- pt. I. Tropical belle époque (1880s-1921) Machado de Assis (1839-1908) Wedding song, The Siamese academies, The fortune-teller, Life, The nurse, The secret heart, A woman's arms, Dona Paula, Father versus mother, Wallow, swine! ; José Veríssimo (1857-1916) Going after rubber, Returning from rubber gathering ; Emília Moncorva Bandeira de Mello, ( pseud. Carmen Dolores) (1852-1910) Aunt Zézé's tears ; Paulo Barreto ( João Paulo Emílio Cristóvão dos Santos Coelho Barreto, pseud. João Do Rio) (1881-1921) The baby in rose tarlatan, An episode in a hotel ; Lima Barreto (1881-1922) The man who knew Javanese ; Monteiro Lobato (1882-1948) The funnyman who repented |
Summary |
Contains a selection of short stories by the best-known authors in Brazilian literature, from the late nineteenth century. This anthology concludes with a haunting story, set in the opera theater in Manaus by one of Brazil's most successful writers, Milton Hatoum |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 515-518) |
Notes |
Translated from the Portuguese |
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Subject |
Short stories, Brazilian.
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FICTION -- General.
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Short stories, Brazilian
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Kurzgeschichte
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Brasilien
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Brazilië.
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Genre/Form |
Short stories, Brazilian
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Anthologie.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Jackson, K. David (Kenneth David)
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LC no. |
2005028860 |
ISBN |
9781429468817 |
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1429468815 |
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9780199724345 |
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0199724342 |
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0198042280 |
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9780198042280 |
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9786610840823 |
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6610840822 |
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