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Neste livro, o leitor encontrara a primeira obra marcadamente modernista de Mario de Andrade, um dos mais ativos participantes da Semana de Arte Moderna de 1922 e um dos principais autores do Modernismo brasileiro. Vista sob a ótica do Arlequim, da loucura, e representada por meio de recursos estilísticos inspirados nas vanguardas europeias, a Pauliceia desvairada revela-se multicultural e cosmopolita: atual, portanto, como a obra do escritor.

A brilliant new translation of the Brazilian modernist epic that aims to capture the country's complex identity.

Here at last is an exciting new translation of the modernist Brazilian epic Macunaíma by Mário de Andrade. This landmark novel from 1928 has been hugely influential. It follows the adventures of the shapeshifting Macunaíma and his brothers as they leave their home in the northern Amazon for a whirlwind tour of Brazil, cramming four centuries and a continental expanse into a single mythic plane. Having lost a magic amulet, the hero and his brot...

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Brazil in the 1920s was going through many transformations. A new republic was shedding old moralities. Agrarianism was urbanizing. Social mobility was cutting across classes. A nation in search of a new culture was reaching out to the sophistication of Europe.In this setting, Mário de Andrade tells us the story of a Brazilian teen and a German woman in her mid-20s. He was born into a wealthy family, she was trying to make a living away from h...

Brasilien 1927: Seit fast zwanzig Jahren lebt die aus Hamburg stammende, attraktive Elsa Schumann bereits in São Paulo. Immer noch ledig und kinderlos träumt sie von ihrem ultimativen "Karl" - dem Mann, der ihr Leben zum Guten wendet. Mit inzwischen 35 Jahren tickt Elsas Uhr gleich zweifach: einmal in Bezug auf ihre private Lebensplanung und zweitens wegen ihres delikaten Berufs. Elsa ist nämlich "Lehrerin der Liebe". Ihr Job: die Söhne reiche...