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A saga do cavalo indomado
By Maria Alice Barroso. 1988
Family saga of nineteenth-century Brazil centers on the wealthy Moura Alves family, dominated by patriarch Chico das Lavras, a simplistic…
but troubled ex-cowhand. His attractive, free-spirited daughter, Maria Olegaria, and his son, Ze Inacio, who is forced into seminary life, finally rebel against the tyranny and pious hypocrisy of their father. Portuguese languageEdgar: Erzählung
By Michael Donhauser. 1987
The story of a friendship between two cousins growing up in rural Lichtenstein is narrated by Georg, the younger of…
two, who idolizes the older, rough-hewn Edgar. Georg describes their lives from their Boy Scout beginnings up to maturity, when the gradual loss of innocence sends the two in different directions. German languageSolidao em familia
By Esdras Do Nascimento. 1987
Two works by the modern German author. In "Local Anaesthetic" a 40-year-old teacher releases his erotic fantasies. In "From the…
Diary of a Snail" a novelist examines his intellectual development. German languageTenda dos milagres: romance
By Jorge Amado. 1981
In Bahai, Brazil, a poor poet is commissioned to track down the facts in the life of the late Pedro…
Archango, writer, anthropologist, and woman-chaser, said to be in league with the Devil himself. Explicit descriptions of sex. Portuguese language. 1981Terras do sem fim: romance
By Jorge Amado. 1982
Historical novel by the noted Brazilian author depicts the growth of cities, the dynamic social changes, and the destruction of…
a primitive way of life as Brazil's frontier is opened up to the cultivation of cacao at the beginning of the twentieth century. Portuguese language. 1942A morte e a morte de Quincas Berro Dagua: romance
By Jorge Amado. 1984
Paradiesmann: Roman
By Sandra Paretti. 1983
Der Schwarze Esel: roman
By Luise Rinser. 1974