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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...)
by Graciliano Ramos Translated by R.L. Scott-Buccleuch Original title: Sâo Bernado
Graciliano Ramos was one of a number of North-eastern novelists whose writings in the 1930s and 40s were instrumental in drawing attention to their native region. Paulo Honório, the narrator of São Bernardo (1934), is a ruthless, (more...)
by Graciliano Ramos Translated by Celso de Oliveira Original title: Infância
Halfway between memoirs and a novel, Childhood (1945) recounts the author’s formative years in the interior of the north-eastern state of Alagoas between 1892 and 1904. Although Ramos provides a colourful portrait of small town life and characters in the sertão, (more...)
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