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

Marques Rebelo, pseudônimo de Edi Dias da Cruz, foi jornalista, poeta, contista, romancista e cronista. Nasceu no Rio de Janeiro, em 6 de janeiro de 1907. Sua infância dividiu-se entre o bairro de Vila Isabel e a cidade mineira de Barbacena, para onde se mudou com a família aos 4 anos. Nunca lhe faltaram, no Rio ou em Minas, um terreno baldio para jogar futebol e livros para ler. No início dos anos 1920, ingressou na Faculdade de Medicina, que logo abandonou para se dedicar ao comércio em Minas Gerais, São Paulo e Rio de Janeiro. Ainda na década de 20, começou a escrever profissionalmente, no jornalismo. Marques Rebelo foi o romancista do Rio de Janeiro, herdeiro do amor pela cidade de Manuel Antônio de Almeida, Machado de Assis e Lima Barreto. Suas obras retratam as transformações dos anos de 1930 a 1960, a vida noturna, a boemia e a sensualidade, uma deliciosa crônica das ruas, dos bondes, da pequena burguesia. Em 1964 foi eleito para a Academia Brasileira de Letras. Marques Rebelo faleceu a 26 de agosto de 1973, no Rio de Janeiro, que tanto amou.

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