Barren Lives
ISBN: 9780292701335 / Angielski / Miękka / 165 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A peasant family, driven by the drought, walks to exhaustion through an arid land. As they shelter at a deserted ranch, the drought is broken and they linger, tending cattle for the absentee ranch owner, until the onset of another drought forces them to move on, homeless wanderers again. Yet, like the desert plants that defeat all rigors of wind and weather, the family maintains its will to survive in the harsh and solitary land. Intimately acquainted with the region of which he writes and keenly appreciative of the character of its inhabitants, into whose minds he has penetrated as few... A peasant family, driven by the drought, walks to exhaustion through an arid land. As they shelter at a deserted ranch, the drought is broken and t... |
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The Three Marias
ISBN: 9780292780798 / Angielski / Miękka / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Through this translation of As Tres Marias the literary achievements of Rachel de Queiroz may at last be judged and appreciated by the English-reading public. Since none of her four novels has previously been translated into English, The Three Marias will be, for many non-Brazilians, an introduction to this nationally known South American author whose books have been widely praised for their artistic merits. Her literary works are colored by her projected personality, by an intense feeling for her own people, by an omnipresent social consciousness, and by personal... Through this translation of As Tres Marias the literary achievements of Rachel de Queiroz may at last be judged and appreciated by the... |
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82,94 zł |
Who If I Cry Out
ISBN: 9780292712522 / Angielski / Miękka / 229 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Three months to live. Jose Maria, a contemplative engineer in late middle age, and now a victim of leukemia, has received a death sentence from his doctor. His life has been a frustrating nonfulfillment of his early hopes, and his musings are many and varied as his life wanes. The Brazilian writer Corcao's remarkable novel is the diary of this thoughtful man facing the imminent prospect of death and trying to find the meaning of life--and of death--while evaluating his own existence. Three months to live. Jose Maria, a contemplative engineer in late middle age, and now a victim of leukemia, has received a death sentence f... |
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103,69 zł |
Memories of Lazarus
ISBN: 9780292750210 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. These are the recollections of Alexandre--of his life, his death-in-life, and his ultimate death, as they are played out against the mobile tapestry of the valley where he was born. The valley itself, in the backlands of the state of Bahia, Brazil, alternates at different stages in Alexandre's consciousness between reality and symbol. It swings from a harsh regional specificity to become the panorama of all human life, its endless, eroding wind the devouring hostility of all environments and its pain the pain of every human being in the face of his own brutality and that of others. ...These are the recollections of Alexandre--of his life, his death-in-life, and his ultimate death, as they are played out against the mobile tapestr... |
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82,94 zł |
Marcoré
ISBN: 9780292771727 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Marcore, first published in Rio de Janeiro in 1957, won the coveted prize for fiction awarded by the Brazilian Academy of Letters and has been praised by leading critics and writers in Brazil. The novel has maintained favor with the Brazilian public and has also been published and received with enthusiasm in Portugal. Adopting the intimist, introspective approach characteristic of such writers as Machado de Assis and Graciliano Ramos, Pereira tells a moving, bittersweet tale of personal problems and family relationships. The central character of Marcore is the narrator,... Marcore, first published in Rio de Janeiro in 1957, won the coveted prize for fiction awarded by the Brazilian Academy of Letters and ... |
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103,69 zł |
Resurrection
ISBN: 9781628973846 / Angielski / Miękka / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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65,14 zł |
Verdant Inferno/A Scabby Black Brazilian
ISBN: 9781915103086 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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86,51 zł |
Macunaíma: The Hero with No Character
ISBN: 9780811227025 / Angielski / Inna Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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76,39 zł |
Crooked Plow
ISBN: 9781839766404 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Heralded as the most important Brazilian novel of the century so far, this bestseller's unique blend of magic and social realism won it three literary awards and global acclaim
Heralded as the most important Brazilian novel of the century so far, this bestseller's unique blend of magic and social realism won it three literary...
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Sphinx: A Neo-Gothic Novel from Brazil
ISBN: 9781603296236 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A work of supernatural fantasy that questions gender divisions. Ornately descriptive, this 1908 neo-gothic novel exemplifies the era's taste for the sensual and the fantastic. With echoes of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, it stands as a classic of Brazilian science fiction.
A work of supernatural fantasy that questions gender divisions. Ornately descriptive, this 1908 neo-gothic novel exemplifies the era's taste for the s...
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147,15 zł |
The Apple in the Dark
ISBN: 9780811226752 / Angielski / Inna Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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86,93 zł |
Dutch Gringa in Brazil
ISBN: 9789083374918 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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87,11 zł |
The Simple Art of Killing a Woman
ISBN: 9781632063465 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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74,08 zł |
7 melhores contos de Graciliano Ramos
ISBN: 9786589575641 / Portugalski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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65,36 zł |
7 melhores contos de Lima Barreto
ISBN: 9786589575719 / Portugalski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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61,01 zł |
Portuguese Studies 40.1 (2024)
ISBN: 9781839542848 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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278,19 zł |
10 melhores cr?nicas de Graciliano Ramos
ISBN: 9786589575658 / Portugalski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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43,58 zł |
7 melhores contos de Monteiro Lobato
ISBN: 9786589575696 / Portugalski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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61,01 zł |