The house of Morro Branco

Name: The house of Morro Branco
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Autor: Rachel de Queiroz

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Rachel de Queiroz established herself as one of the great names in Brazilian long fiction with the publication of her novel "O Quinze" in 1930. The anthology of short stories, "A Casa do Morro Branco," however, proves that the author also perfectly mastered the art of short stories and chronicles. Featuring 14 stories, the author showcases all the characteristics that characterized renowned works such as "João Miguel," "Caminho de Pedras," "As Três Marias," and "Memorial de Maria Moura": literary analyses of human existence, in its political and personal aspects. This reissue continues Editora José Olympio's revival of the work of Rachel and other authors. "I only know the place by sight. As I said, there's a hill; not a big, tall hill, the kind that looks more like real mountains—and, come to think of it, they really are mountains," writes the author in the chronicle that gives the book its title. "The one there used to be a hill, or what we in the Northeast call a 'high' or 'head.' But it stuck as a hill, so much so that the farm was known as 'White Hill'—the white being due to the limestone carved into the paths, which, seen from afar, could give the illusion of snow. The whitewashed house, surrounded by porches, is so old that some people claim it dates back to the Anhangüera. In that land, everything old is immediately attributed to the Anhangüera; and so, in the case of Morro Branco, since the Anhangüera was called the devil and the house has a reputation for being haunted, they lumped one thing together." Journalist and writer José Nêumanne states that "short-story writer Rachel de Queiroz is as blunt as anything, subtle and cutting as the edge of a knife used to chop tobacco in the open-air markets of Ceará's countryside. She describes life without disguise, without sugarcoating it, with the impressive coldness of a professional assassin. (...) The novelist's short prose is straightforward and raw, without subterfuge or prevarication: adjectives are dispensed without ceremony, giving way to the strength of common nouns, strung together with wit and sensitivity."

ISBN	978-850-300-857-0
Tradutor
Altura	210 mm
Largura	140 mm
Profundidade	8 mm
Lançamento	22/01/2008
Páginas	144

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Rachel de Queiroz

Rachel de Queiroz nasceu no dia 17 de novembro de 1910 em Fortaleza, Ceará. Ainda não havia completado 20 anos quando publicou uma modesta tiragem de O Quinze, seu primeiro romance. Mas tal era a força de seu talento que o livro despertou imediata atenção da crítica de todo o Brasil. Em 1931 mudou-se para o Rio de Janeiro, mas nunca deixou de passar parte de seu tempo em sua fazenda no sertão cearense. Rachel se dedicou ao jornalismo, atividade que exerceu paralelamente à sua produção editorial. Primeira escritora a integrar a Academia Brasileira de Letras (1977), Rachel de Queiroz morreu no Rio de Janeiro, aos 92 anos, em 4 de novembro de 2003. Cronista e romancista primorosa, escreveu peças teatrais e livros infantis. Da autora, a José Olympio reeditou recentemente O Quinze, João Miguel, As três Marias, Caminho de pedras, Memórias de menina,O galo de ouro, Memorial de Maria Moura, Um alpendre, uma rede, um açude e Lampião/A Beata Maria do Egito.

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