Unprecedented box set brings together three great works by the first immortal writer of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, Rachel de Queiroz.
This box presents three great novels by Rachel de Queiroz, for those who want to know different moments of her production, with strong female characters: O quinze, As três Marias and Dôra, Doralina .
O quinze was originally published in 1930, financed by the author herself, then 20 years old, in her literary debut. By telling the stories of Conceição, Vicente, and the saga of cowboy Chico Bento and his family, Rachel de Queiroz uniquely and ingeniously exposes the drama caused by the historic drought of 1915, which ravaged northeastern Brazil. A classic of Brazilian literature, O quinze catapulted Rachel de Queiroz into the country's literary scene, establishing her as a regionalist writer concerned with social issues. The edition is paperback, 208 pages.
The Three Marias , first published in 1939, tells the story of three friends—Maria Augusta (Guta), Maria da Glória, and Maria José—from their childhood at a convent school to adulthood. Maria da Glória dedicated herself to motherhood and family; Maria José, always devout, returned to live with her mother and became a teacher; and Maria Augusta determined to forge a different path, one outside of family and religion. In this coming-of-age novel, Rachel de Queiroz portrays the process of adjusting to the world through the eyes of the girls, following them from the fears and uncertainties of youth to the dilemmas of adulthood. Always together, regardless of their choices. The edition is paperback, 256 pages.
Dôra, Doralina , first published in 1975, tells the story of Maria das Dores, a widow who leaves a life of subjugation in the Ceará countryside to become an actress and travels throughout Brazil as a member of a traveling theater company, living the life she always wanted. After the publication of this work, Rachel de Queiroz was invited to the Brazilian Academy of Letters, becoming the first woman to be a member of the institution. The edition is a paperback, 432 pages.
