The Poor
Brandão, Raul / Sotelino, Karen
The Poor (Os Pobres, 1906), is a powerful tribute to the underclasses. Innovative thematically and stylistically, the novel consists of loosely connected vignettes on two narrative levels: the lives of prostitutes, where the inexorable need for love is transformed into a means for survival, and the life of Gebo, a seemingly slovenly man.