The Poor

Informationen zum Autor Raul Brandão was a Portuguese writer, journalist, and also a military officer. He was part of the group "Nefelibatas" and the "Geração de 90", of the 19th century, and is best known for his realistic fiction that is pervaded throughout by lyricism. He published three novels: A Farsa (1903), Os Pobres ("The Poor", 1906), and Húmus (1917). He died in 1930. Karen Sherwood Sotelino has translated novels, short stories, and technical texts from Portuguese into English. Recently, she has taught Portuguese language and translation at Stanford University, where she is visiting scholar in the department of Iberian and Latin American cultures. Klappentext "First published in Portuguese as Os Pobres in 1908" -- Title page verso. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: RAUL BRAND O, Raul Brandao, Raul Brandão, Raul/ Sotelino Brandpo
• Assisted by: Karen Sotelino (Translation)
• Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2016
• EAN: 9781564787644
• ISBN: 978-1-56478-764-4
• No. of pages: 177
• Series: Portuguese Literature Series; Portuguese Literature; Portuguese Literature Series; Portuguese Literature; POR Portuguese Literature Series
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature