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Samuel Putnam

Translations by Samuel Putnam
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Rebellion in the Backlands [Buy Direct] Brazil
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...)

Three Exemplary Novels
by John Brande Trend
Translated by Samuel Putnam
Original title: Novelas exemplares

Violent Land [Buy Direct] Brazil
by Jorge Amado
Translated by Samuel Putnam
Original title: Terras do sem-fim
The ‘land’ in the title is the tropical forest of Bahia (in North-Eastern Brazil) cleared for cocoa production at around the turn of the century; it was a kind of Very Wild West, with riverboats, gamblers, gunmen and adventurers and adventuresses of every stripe.  (more...)



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