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Literatura infantil e juvenil na fogueira
Censura, nunca mais! A censura voltou a assombrar, e um de seus principais alvos tem sido os livros para crianças e jovens. Hoje ela atua em várias frentes: como no passado, denuncia obras que contrariam o moralismo ou compartilham posições progressistas; recentemente, porém, somam-se novas facetas, quando, em nome do chamado politicamente correto, obras são condenadas, e seus autores, cancelados. E se, então, cabia aos órgãos de segurança reprovar ou liberar produtos culturais, no presente o movimento é liderado por organismos educacionais ou entidades civis. Que encontram canais públicos de difusão, como a internet, o que maximiza o alcance de suas ideias. A literatura infanti...
The Eternal Son
In this multi-award-winning autobiographical novel, Cristovão Tezza draws his readers into the mind of a young father whose son, Felipe, is born with Down syndrome. From the initial shock of diagnosis, and through his growing understanding of the world of hospitals and therapies, Tezza threads the story of his son’s life with his own. Felipe, who lives in an eternal present, becomes a remarkable young man; for Tezza, however, the story is a settling of accounts with himself and his own limitations and, ultimately, a coming to terms with the sublime ironies and arbitrariness of life. He struggles with the phantom of shame, as if his son’s condition were an indication of his own worth, an...
Watchfiends & Rack Screams
Translated by Clayton Eschleman A collection of writings ranging from cogent theoretical works to scatological glossolalia written during and after Artaud's incarceration in an aslum at Rodez creating one of the most powerful outpourings ever recorded.
Good Morning Comrades
The story of a group of friends who create a perfect childhood in a revolutionary socialist country fighting a war.
The Companions
Out in the world alone, three animals--a rabbit, a bear, and a dog--find one another, learn a lesson in independence, and discover the joys of friendship and the pain of separation
Learning to Pray in the Age of Technique
The second installment in Tavares's acclaimed "Kingdom" series.
Joseph Walser's Machine
Continuing Tavares's award-winning "Kingdom" series (begun in Jerusalem, winner of the Saramago Prize), Joseph Walser's Machine recounts a life of bizarre routines and patterns. Routine humiliation at a factory; routine maintenance of the world's most esoteric collection; and the most important routine of all: the operation of a mysterious machine on a factory floor. Yet all of Joseph Walser's routines are violently disrupted when his city is occupied by an invading army, leaving him faced with political intrigues, marital discord, and finally, one last, catastrophic confrontation with his beloved machine.
Klaus Klump: a Man
The final installment in Gon'alo M. Tavares's "Kingdom" cycle to be translated into English, "Klaus Klump: A Man" is a harrowing portrait of a man without values, making his way through a world almost as immoral. Klaus takes care of the family business; he doesn't feel fear, hunger, or love. Klaus plays a game, and this game and its object consist of one thing: making money. No matter who you are, Klaus thinks, there is only one thing of importance: to win rather than lose.
The Poor
The Poor (Os Pobres, 1906), by Portuguese author Raúl Brandão 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, with neither sentiment nor intelligence. Instead, as he searches tirelessly for work -- and loves his daughter and wife with tenderness and constancy -- he is revealed as a victim of the economic situation in Portugal. With prescience, Brandão emphasizes the interdependence between nature and humankind by intertwining descriptions of the physical and human surroundings, while his depictions of desperation, sorrow and violence prefigure the works of contemporary Portuguese writers.
Consolation for the Tribulations of Israel (Consolaçam Ás Tribulaçoens de Israel)
Samuel Usque, an exile from the expulsion of the Jews from Spain and Portugal, offers an answer to the question, "Does suffering have any purpose?" Translated from the Portuguese with an Introduction by Martin A. Cohen.
