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Brazilian Literature

by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
Translated by William L. Grossman
Original title: Memorias posthumas de Braz Cubas

Dom Casmurro. (A Novel) [Buy Direct]

by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
Translated by Helen Caldwell
Original title: Dom Casmurro

Rebellion in the Backlands [Buy Direct]

by Euclydes da Cunha
Translated by Samuel Putnam
Original title: Os sertões

Described variously as ‘our finest book’, ‘the great national epic’ and ‘the Bible of Brazilian nationality’, Rebellion in the Backlands is an extraordinary, (more...)

Barren Lives [Buy Direct]

by Graciliano Ramos
Translated by Ralph E. Dimmick
Original title: Vidas Secas

Dating back to 1938 this is one of the all-time great novels of rural existence in Brazil, telling of the life of a small migrant family (and their dog) in the harsh social and ecological conditions of the drought-plagued state of Alagoas. (more...)

Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon [Buy Direct]

by Jorge Amado
Translated by W.L. Grossman
Original title: Gabriela, Cravo e Canela

‘The Colonels will go crazy over her. But don’t tell anybody that they’re not married. Every colonel’s fondest dream is to sleep with a married woman. Only, if anybody tries to sleep with his wife oh boy!’. (more...)

Avalovara [Buy Direct]

by Osman Lins
Translated by Gregory Rabassa
Original title: Avalovara

Family Ties [Buy Direct]

by Clarice Lispector
Translated by Giovanni Pontiero
Original title: Lacos de familia

Clarice Lispector is universally recognised as being the most original and influential Brazilian woman writer of her time. In feminist circles she is revered as an intensely feminine writer who articulates the needs and concerns of every woman in pursuit of self-awareness. (more...)

The Passion According to G.H. [Buy Direct]

by Clarice Lispector
Original title: A Paixao segundo G.H.

The Passion According to G.H. is a novel that somehow feels like a series of short stories, for each chapter starts with a sentence that gives it a theme. (more...)

Soulstorm [Buy Direct]

by Clarice Lispector
Translated by Alexis Leviton
Original title: A Via crucis do corpo

Twenty-nine stories and fragments from Lispector’s collections: The Way of the Cross (1974) and Where you were at night (1974) are gathered together here. They range in style and topic, from abstract streams of consciousness, (more...)

The Stream of Life [Buy Direct]

by Clarice Lispector
Translated by E. Fitz
Original title: Água Viva

This liquid narrative (the title very literally means «living water») is difficult to define in terms of genre, style or theme; as it says, «categories pin me down no longer.» It is like a series of pulsations, (more...)

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