Milton Hatoum
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English
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Arminto Cordovil has inherited a fortune, and with it control of his fathers shipping empire. But when a freighter, The Eldorado, crashes in the lower reaches of the Amazon, its shipwrecked hull seems tied to Armintos destiny. He will soon discover his fathers cunning and the disastrous consequences it will have for his own young life. Orphans of Eldorado is a magical retelling of a legendary expedition. From the vibrant port of Manaus, through the...
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English
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Introducing a major new voice in Brazilian letters.
Set among a Lebanese immigrant community in the Brazilian port of Manaus, The Brothers is the story of identical twins, Yaqub and Omar, whose mutual jealousy is offset only by their love for their mother. But it is Omar who is the object of Zana's Jocasta-like passion, while her husband, Halim, feels her slipping away from him, as their beautiful daughter, RGnia, makes a tragic claim on her brothers'...
Author
Publisher
Companhia das Letras
Pub. Date
2008
Language
Portuguese
Description
They call themselves 'Captains of the Sands, ' a gang of orphans and runaways who live by their wits and daring in the torrid slums and sleazy back alleys of Bahia. Led by fifteen-year-old 'Bullet, ' the band-including a crafty liar named 'Legless, ' the intellectual 'Professor, ' and the sexually precocious 'Cat'-pulls off heists and escapades against the right and privileged of Brazil. But when a public outcry demands the capture of the 'little...
6) Two brothers
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Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Twin brothers Omar and Yaqub may share the same features, but they could not be more different from one another. And the possessive love of their mother, Zana, stirs the troubled waters between them even more. After a brutally violent exchange between the young boys, Yaqub, "the good son," is sent from his home in Brazil to live with relatives in Lebanon, only to return five years later as a virtual stranger to the parents who bore him, his tensions...
Author
Series
Lugar mais sombrio volume 1
Publisher
Companhia das Letras
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Portuguese
Description
"Este romance de formação - no qual as memórias do narrador são transcritas e repensadas em Paris - ecoa com força no nosso tempo, em que o impasse político e a desmoralizaçãodas instituições estão no centro da crise brasileira"--Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher
Companhia de Bolso
Pub. Date
2010, c2005
Language
Portuguese
Description
Cinzas do Norte é o relato de uma longa revolta e do esforço de compreendê-la. Na Manaus dos anos 1950 e 60, dois meninos travam uma amizade que atravessará toda a vida. De um lado, Olavo (Lavo), o narrador, menino órfão, criado pelos tios, cresce à sombra da família do melhor amigo, Raimundo Mattoso (Mundo), de berço aristocrático.
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