Memorial of Maria Moura

Name: Memorial of Maria Moura
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Autor: Rachel de Queiroz

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Rachel de Queiroz's acclaimed work, Memorial de Maria Moura, returns to bookstores with a new cover.

Rachel de Queiroz's mature novel, Memorial de Maria Moura, embodies all the literary characteristics that made her a renowned author, the first woman to be inducted into the Brazilian Academy of Letters. Set in rural 19th-century Brazil, the book tells the story of Maria Moura, a strong, rural character.

Still young, Maria Moura goes through painful experiences. She loses her father and then her mother. Her stepfather lures and rapes her. What's more, her inherited land is under threat from unscrupulous cousins. The harsh terrain, drought, and loneliness could be the only companions on this journey. Maria, however, is a portrait of the will and desire of a Northeastern woman, who understands the subjugation society and her family want to place her in, but refuses to settle for it. Around her gather passionate and loyal characters, clamoring to join her fight for justice.

The backlands, freedom, violence, land disputes, religiosity, women's will and emancipation, friendship, and love are all major themes of Rachel de Queiroz, all addressed in this masterpiece, written when the author was already 82 years old. It is no wonder that Memorial de Maria Moura won the 1993 Jabuti Prize for Fiction and, the following year, was adapted into a miniseries of the same name on Rede Globo, starring Glória Pires as the protagonist.

Rachel de Queiroz was an extraordinary woman. A writer, journalist, activist against the Vargas dictatorship, and a spokesperson for the Brazilian Northeast, she never allowed herself to be pigeonholed into categories. She called herself "non-feminist," allowing herself to contradict herself. In the words of Heloisa Buarque de Hollanda, Rachel is "our great feminist literature [...] avant la lettre."

The book is illustrated by the great engraver Ciro Fernandes.

ISBN	978-655-847-017-5
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Altura	230 mm
Largura	155 mm
Profundidade	24 mm
Lançamento	22/03/2021
Páginas	504

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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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