The Diary Of 'Helena Morley'

Zusatztext No wonder Bishop fell in love with this book . . . No adult writer! however skilful . . . could write with the nonchalant vivacity and ease that she unwittingly commanded Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth Bishop Klappentext INTRODUCED BY DIANA ATHILL An enchanting Brazilian classic. 'No wonder Bishop fell in love with this book . . . No adult writer, however skilful . . . could write with the nonchalant vivacity and ease that she unwittingly commanded' DIANA ATHILL, GUARDIAN 'A delightful, funny and revealing memoir, a little bit of Austen in the Americas' SPECTATOR 'When we read her, we enter the classical serenity of a new country' ROBERT LOWELL From Elizabeth Bishop's introduction: 'When I first came to Brazil, in 1952, I asked my Brazilian friends which Brazilian books I should begin reading . . . They frequently recommended this little book, "Minha Vida de Menina" . . . In English the title means "My Life as a Little Girl" or "Young Girl", and that is exactly what the book is about, but it is not reminiscences; it is a diary, the diary actually kept by a little girl between the ages of 12 and 15, in the far-off town of Diamantina, in 1893-1895 . . . The more I read the book the better I liked it. The scenes and events it described were odd, remote, and long ago, and yet fresh, sad, funny and eternally true. The longer I stayed on in Brazil the more Brazilian the book seemed, yet much of it could have happened in any small provincial town or village, and at almost any period of history - at least before the arrival of the automobile and the moving-picture theatre.' Vorwort The diary of a young Brazilian girl at the end of the nineteenth century. Translated by Elizabeth Bishop, one of the greatest American poets of the twentieth century. Zusammenfassung The diary of a young Brazilian girl at the end of the nineteenth century. Translated by Elizabeth Bishop, one of the greatest American poets of the twentieth century....

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Bishop, Bishop Elizabeth
• Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781844084937
• ISBN: 978-1-84408-493-7
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 197 mm x 24 mm
• Series: Virago Modern Classics; VMC; VMC; Virago Modern Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; TRAVEL / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, Biography: historical, political & military, TRAVEL / South America / General, TRAVEL / South America / Brazil, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Travel writing, Biography: historical, political and military