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Poets of Mozambique: A Bilingual Anthology (Poets of the Portuguese-Speaking World)
Frederick G. Williams
Luso-Brazilian Books, 2006
The literature of Mozambique is a hidden gem, rich but unknown to English speakers except for a few novels by Mia Couto. This anthology brings Mozambique's poetry to English for the first time. The twenty-seven poets and more than 130 poems in "Poets of Mozambique" cover the entire history of Mozambican literature. from its beginnings as oral ...
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O Alienista (Classicos Da Literatura Brasileira)
Machado de Assis
Luso-Brazilian Books, 2006
Unlike Caleb Carr, this Alienist is literature!
Machado de Assis is one of the best know of Brasil's ample stable of fiction writers and certainly one of the most talented. This book is set in a fictional community where everyone needs the doctor's help for their mental illness....perhaps this was Saramago's ...
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Amor De Perdicao (Classicos da Literatura Portuguesa)
Camilo Castelo Branco
Luso-Brazilian Books, 2004
Dramatic and powerfull !
A romantic novel inspired by Shakespear's "Romeo and Juliet" , "Amor de Perdição" ( Love of condemnation) is considered a literary masterpiece. Simão and Teresa whose love is unaccepted by each other's family are forcefully separated. The tragic destiny of these two ...
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Quincas Borba (Classicos Da Literatura Brasileira)
Machado de Assis
Luso-Brazilian Books, 2006
Disappointing and unprofessional
While this item contains the entire text of Quincas Borba, it is filled with typographical errors. Perhaps this should come as no surprise since on the back cover of this item, the main character's name is misspelled. Does Luso-Brazilian Books not have a ...
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A Escrava Isaura (Classicos Da Literatura Brasileira)
Bernardo Guimarães
Luso-Brazilian Books, 2006
The beautiful light-skinned slave Isaura resists the harrassment of her newly-married owner, Leôncio, son of the man who harrassed her mother until she died. Leôncio sends Isaura to the fields to force her to yield, but Isaura flees instead with her father to Recife. There Isaura meets and falls in love with a well-to-do young man, Álvaro, but ...
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Memorias Postumas de Bras Cubas (Classicos Da Literatura Brasileira)
Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
Luso-Brazilian Books, 2005
One of the greatest novels of Brazilian Literature, Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas is narrated by a dead man who recounts the amorous misadventures of his unheroic life and explains his half-hearted political ambitions. While it is considered the first novel of Brazilian realism, its quirks seem refreshingly modern and make it unforgettably ...
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Dom Casmurro (Classicos Da Literatura Brasileira)
Machado de Assis
Luso-Brazilian Books, 2005
Machado is a universal genius!
Every Brazilian knows that Machado de Assis is among the top 5 writers in the world and now the world will discover the genius of this Brazilian who is already for us a universal genius! He is even better than Flaubert and Zola and we recommend all his books!
Luiz
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Falar Ler Escrever Portugues Text (Falar...Ler...Escrever...Portugues)
Emma Eberlein Lima, Samira Abirad Iunes
Luso Brazilian Books, 2003
A good introduction to standard Brazilian Portuguese
Given the significant differences between Brazilian and European Portuguese, most Portuguese L2 textbooks are based on one of the two standards. This particular book is designed as a beginner's introduction to standard Brazilian Portuguese (BP) as used in printed ...
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O Cortiço (Classicos Da Literatura Brasileira)
Aluísio Azevedo
Luso-Brazilian Books, 2005
Representing the height of Brazilian Naturalism, O Cortiço is Aluísio Azevedo?s critique of unchecked ambition in Brazilian society of his day. João Romão, an imigrant Portuguese man, builds a tenement (Cortiço) on the money and work of his mulatto lover, Bertoleza. The tenement?s residents fight with those of another tenement, leading to a fire ...
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Why the Church is as True as the Gospel
Eugene England
Luso-Brazilian Books, 2007
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Pelo Vaso Traseiro: Sodomy and Sodomites in Luso-Brazilian History
Fenestra Books, 2007
very interesting book
This book is an amazing look into the gay life of Portugal and Brazil over a period of almost six centuries. It ranges from "outings" of two Portuguese icons, one a king, to studies of noble homosexuality as well as that of ordinary folk. Brazil is not neglected and ...
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Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Detective Fiction: Essays on the Genero Negro Tradition
McFarland & Company, 2006
The image of the hard-boiled private investigator from gritty pulp fiction, a terse and mysterious figure, has become increasingly universal as the detective novel crosses more and more borders. A booming genre in Latin America, Spain and other Hispanic cultures, detective fiction has transcended the limitations of its influences. Hispanic ...
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O Triste Fim de Policarpo Quaresma (Classicos Da Literatura Brasileira)
Lima Barreto
Luso-Brazilian Books, 2006
In a criticism of Brazil's militaristic turn-of-the-century Republic, Barreto tells the story of Policarpo Quaresma, a fanatically-patriotic Major with unusual ideas about what Brazil should be--a tupi-guarani-speaking country with an agriculture-based economy. During the Squadron revolt against the Floriano government, Major Quaresma at first ...
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Iracema (Classics of Brazilian Literature)
José de Alencar
Luso-Brazilian Books, 2006
A romantic vision of the origins of modern Brazil
Jose de Alencar (1829-77) is an important figure in the history of Brazilian literature, and his book "Iracema" is a significant landmark in the literature of 19th century South America. A novel written in flowery, poetic language, "Iracema" tells the story of a ...
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Poets of Brasil
Luso-Brazilian Books, 2004
Endless family entertainment...
My wife and I (both bilingual in Brazilian Portuguese and English) have sat for hours reading poetry from this book to each other. What could be more fun than that, reading poems with the Mrs? A great glimpse into the literature and culture of Brazil. Fascinating ...
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