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1 online resource (264 pages) : illustrations (black and white). |
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Literature and translation
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Translated from the Portuguese. |
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<p>List of figures<br> Translators' preface<br> Introduction</p><p><em>The Bankruptcy</em> by Júlia Lopes de Almeida<br> Translated by Cintia Kozonoi Vezzani and Jason Rhys Parry</p> |
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Set in the early years of the Old Republic after the abolition of slavery, Ju´lia Lopes de Almeida's The Bankruptcy depicts the rise and fall of a wealthy coffee exporter against a kaleidoscopic background of glamour, poverty, seduction, and financial speculation. The novel introduces readers to a turbulent period in Brazilian history seething with new ideas about democracy, women's emancipation, and the role of religion in society. Originally published in 1901, its prescient critiques of financial capitalism and the patriarchal family remain relevant today. In her lifetime, Ju´lia Lopes de Almeida was compared to Machado de Assis, the most important Brazilian writer of the nineteenth century. She was also considered for the inaugural list of members of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, but was excluded because of her gender. In the decades after her death, her work was largely forgotten. This publication, a winner of the English PEN award, marks the first novel-length translation of Almeida's writing into English, including an Introduction to the novel and a Translators' preface, and accompanies a general rediscovery of her extraordinary body of work in Brazil. |
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Brazil -- History -- 1889-1930 -- Fiction.
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Brésil -- Histoire -- 1889-1930 -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
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Fiction in translation.
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Literary studies - from c 1900 -
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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
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FICTION / Hispanic & Latino.
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FICTION / World Literature / Brazil.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Translating & Interpreting
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Brazil https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QbtfRB9KGtqfkFTFbfB77QY
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| Chronological Term |
1889-1930
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction
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History
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| Added Author |
Silva, Ana Cláudia Suriani da, editor.
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Vezzani, Cintia Kozonoi, translator.
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Rhys Parry, Jason, translator.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781800085688 |
| ISBN |
9781800085695 ePub ebook |
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1800085699 |
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9781800085664 PDF ebook |
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1800085664 |
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9781800085688 hardback |
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9781800085671 paperback |
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UKMGB 021062944 |
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