Brazilian Literature

[Mayra]

Hello,

I'm new at this message board...I was wondering if any of you know the Brazilian Literature...

[Weeping Willow]

Hello and welcome..
I read a bit of Jorge Amado,

1) Sea of Death
2) Donna flor and her two husbands

I loved Sea of Death so much it's an amazing book and i devaored it so quick i surprised myself..
I started reading another one but i don't remember the name, all i can say is that it wasn't as good as Sea of Death...

[fofo]

Hi
welcome Myara :santasmil
I hope to read it one day if ut's translated ;)
Thanks

[smilingtearz]

hey Mayra... don't know anything about brazilian literature, but welcome to the forum anyway!
:wave:

[Koa]

Paulo Coelho is Brazilian, right (or Portuguese? nah must be Brazilian!)? If so, I've read something, which actually wasn't bad even if mainstream... But apart from that I don't know much at all about Braz. Lit. ...

[Weeping Willow]

Oh that's right. i forgot about him... i read The alchemist... but i don't remember much..

[Riesa]

The only thing I've read was The hour of the star, by Clarice Lispector. Beautiful in a haunting sort of way.
I haven't read P. Coelho but I know that his last name means Bunny in Portuguese.

[Phaedra]

Riesa, you haven't read much, but you've read the best. Clarice is my favorite Brazilian author. Do you know she was born in Ukraine? She got here in Brazil when she was 2 months old, give or take.

If you liked 'The Hour of the Star', maybe you would love 'Passion According to G.H.' and 'Água-Viva' (don't know how to translate that).

Caio Fernando Abreu is also very interesting.

As to Paulo Coelho, his writings are not considered to be 'literature' by Brazilian professors. This judgement is the source of endless (and pointless?) debates. Personally, I don't like it. But it's just my opinion.

[Virgil]

Paulo Coelho is Brazilian, right (or Portuguese? nah must be Brazilian!)?


From a internet search:


Paulo Coelho (born August 24, 1947) is a famous Brazilian lyricist and novelist.

He was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and attended law school there, but abandoned his studies in 1970 to travel throughout Mexico, Peru, Bolivia, and Chile, as well as Europe and North Africa. Two years later he returned to Brazil and began composing popular music lyrics, working with such popular musicians as Raul Seixas. As he confesses in an interview to Juan Arias, during that time he was introduced to the work of controversial English mystic Aleister Crowley, which influenced their collaboration. The influence extended not only to music, but also to plans for the creation of the "Alternative Society," which was to be an anarchist community in the state of Minas Gerais based on Crowley's premise: "'Do what thou wilt' shall be the whole of the Law." The project was considered subversive by members of the Brazilian military, which imprisoned all prospective members of the group. Seixas and Coelho are reported to have been tortured during their imprisonment.

I too read The Alachemist, my only exposure to Brazilian lit. Frankly, until now I thought he was from Portugal.

[Riesa]

Riesa, you haven't read much, but you've read the best. Clarice is my favorite Brazilian author. Do you know she was born in Ukraine? She got here in Brazil when she was 2 months old, give or take.

If you liked 'The Hour of the Star', maybe you would love 'Passion According to G.H.' and 'Água-Viva' (don't know how to translate that).

Caio Fernando Abreu is also very interesting.

As to Paulo Coelho, his writings are not considered to be 'literature' by Brazilian professors. This judgement is the source of endless (and pointless?) debates. Personally, I don't like it. But it's just my opinion.


Thanks for the suggestions, I will certainly enjoy finding them and reading them. I will try Abreu as well.

[genoveva]

I have recently purchased Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire- a nonfiction classic.

[rhei_27]

Welcome Mayra!

I tried reading Paulo Coehlo's book but unfortunately everytime I start reading one of his books I can't finish it. It's either I have to return the book or I'm too busy to finish it.

The only Brazilian author I know is Coehlo. Do you guys recommend some Brazilian authors?Books?

Is it Eco Umberto or Umberto Eco? Is he a Brazilian? Thanks...

[Weeping Willow]

The only Brazilian author I know is Coehlo. Do you guys recommend some Brazilian authors?Books?



I read a bit of Jorge Amado, a book called Sea of Death
it soooo good!!!! very recmmended :p