{"product_id":"jacarandas-em-flor","title":"Jacarandas in bloom","description":"In \"Jacarandás em Flor,\" Maria Christina Lins do Rego Veras, heir to José Lins do Rego, blended her memories with fictional passages to present a panorama of her life. Her relationship with the master of regionalism is recounted alongside female characters who marked the writer's life. Experiences as an ambassador in various parts of the world are also highlighted. Drawing on letters, diaries, and numerous memories, the author recounts the most interesting passages from her childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. Her association with figures such as Graciliano Ramos and Gilberto Freyre piqued the author's intellectual curiosity, as she recalls visits by these and many other friends to the house where she lived with her father. The bucolic atmosphere of Rio de Janeiro in the mid-20th century serves as the backdrop for several stories. Ivan Cavalcanti Proença, who wrote the book's blurb, highlights the author's ability to combine the lightheartedness with which she tells the story of a life with delicate moments in the country's history. \"Jacarandás em Flor is essentially a memoir, with significant fictional insertions here and there, as befits a genre that doesn't define itself as autobiographical. (...) The eras unfold throughout the book, from Lana Turner's brief, charming memory to the barbarities of the Estado Novo dictatorship: murder, the invasion of state equipment, the actions of the DIP—nothing new compared to what would happen, now twenty years later, in more recent Brazil,\" she assesses. Significant women in the writer's life receive separate chapters. Virtuous characters, anti-heroines, and others of various persuasions are presented in caricatured or authentic ways: the lover, the super-romantic, the mulatto goddess, among others, populate the book. The account of the rich contact with cultures from various parts of the world provides a profound reflection on social inequalities and the contrasts of civilization, including in countries that were under the yoke of colonizers for decades.","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47175510229244,"sku":"9788503010801","price":59.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/ba783ccdb4f66a15ab94aa2b59616e09.jpg?v=1778314157","url":"https:\/\/www.record.com.br\/en\/products\/jacarandas-em-flor","provider":"Editora Record","version":"1.0","type":"link"}