#it's from a Brazilian author named Machado de Assis

[creedslove]

Mari! Can you tell us a bit about your country? I've never been there before.

Where is everyone else from?

Absolutely my love! What exactly do you want to know about it?!

I am from Brazil, I live in the south of the country, which means that when it's hot IT IS HOT and when it's cold IT IS COLD 😄

Well, Brazil is really big, and unfortunately I haven't been able to travel through it but there's incredible, fascinating and beautiful places around the country, just as there are bad places too; there's a lot of crime in here and some negative stuff, but I guess there's that everywhere in the world 😢

Brazilian people are overall very nice and outgoing, we can be very warm and friendly and something I'm particularly very proud of is that we take showers everyday and we have the habit of brushing our teeth like at least three times a day and stuff like that, I know it sounds dumb but there's places in the world some people don't do that and it's just so ?????????!!!!!!!!!!

The country's passion is pretty much soccer and soap opera (I'm addicted to soap operas and I binge watch them like most people binge watch series on netflix; I don't mean to brag, but our soap operas are the best in the world, the quality of production, screenwriting and acting is very noticeable) our cinema is incredible and well, I take you have watched narcos, so you are family with our man wagner moura right?

We also have very diverse music, there's music for everyone, all the genres and kinds... You name it, we got it!

Our food is THE BEST in the world!!! We have so many typical dishes that are just breathtakingly delicious and we also improve a lot of foreign recipes, such as strogonoff that came from russia and ours is much better or a simple hot dog (my american friends, us, people from brazil pity you all whenever we see your hot dog, because ours is WAY bigger and full of a bunch of delicious ingredients xD)

Our literature is also top notch, I confess that I don't really read the classics very much such as Machado de Assis or José de Alencar, but I do love Augusto dos Anjos and his poetry (he's published only one book called 'me' and it's wholesale) and of course, one of my favorite authors of all time, the controversial Nelson Rodrigues 😍

And well baby, I would be glad to reply to any other questions you have about my country! And about people who follow me are from all around the world! I know for a fact I have American, european, latin american people following me and such :) what about you? Where are you from?

Forgive me if I forgot some place or if I wrote anything wrong or added something I shouldn't have, I have never been great at geography and I haven't had a geography class in almost ten years so cut me some slack xD

#ask #answered

[mrsdostoevsky]

hey can i be ☕ here as well? (yes this is ☕ from both pussydrunkfyodor and xxsigmakinniexx and youre watching disney channel)

anyways i read no longer human a month or so ago and i really liked it, do you have any book recs that are similar? i know you mentioned that you liked books, so i figured you might have some ideas,,,

hey, dear ☕️ anon, welcome to my blog!

and well, going straight to your question; yes, of course I have a good one to recommend for you!

the book's name is The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas (Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas), by one of the greatest Brazilian authors Machado de Assis. the books circles around Brás Cubas, a ghost of a decadent Brazilian aristocrat that decided to write his biography after his death, dedicating it to the worms gnawing at his corpse and telling them about his ordinary political career and failed romances, but with a lot of philosophical insights and a bit of regret.

in my point of view, dear ☕️ anon, it's an amazing book and, for sure, one of my favorites from national literature (since I'm Brazilian).

#mabyʼs typing Σ #☕️ anon #yall can ask for book recs anytime #book rec asks

[jacearthereal]

Subtext is bad? Fandom Analysis by me.

As a literature/language student and future literature teacher, I can assure you that it doesn’t matter what the author writes in a book - explicitly or vaguer - people are going to interpret different things in the story.

Being part of fandoms since 2015 (or even more if you count the other things I watched when I was younger) gave me the background I needed to understand a little about it.

There is a Brazilian book by an influential writer who we study at college. His name is Machado de Assis. The book is called Dom Casmurro. And every literature teacher will have to answer the question for the curious students “Capitu (the name of the character) cheated on Bentinho or not?”.

Machado didn’t answer explicitly the question on purpose. And this is a great way to explain subtext because the author hides messages, creates dialogues and scenes, and shows some thoughts (sometimes not reliable ones), but they don’t write with all the words in the text “Yes, she cheated.” or “No, she would never do that.” or even “He deserved it.”

The subtext is not entirely bad.

And it was probably one of the things that saved people from censorship on media in hard times too. (Yes, I’m talking about dictatorship).

Subtext is power for the story, that can help and yes, sometimes can also get in the way of the message. It depends on what you do with it.

The idea is to leave the message to the reader to catch it or to give the message in their hands? When we give the message we enter into the territory of “Show don’t tell” (I prefer to say “Show or tell?” because we don’t need to show everything or tell everything).

Do you believe that the reader will know what did you want with the story after all of the scenes you created and all the dialogues?

I’m not saying that they have to have an answer (they don’t), but they should be able, at least, to interpret the story based on what you exposed.

If you answered yes then you’re on the right path.

But, again. People will always surprise you with different interpretations. I see a lot of them on Twitter with TV shows and movies. Star Wars, Supernatural, Heartstopper, and now Stranger Things.

Star Wars is political? (of course, it is, but some people are biased and pretend they don’t see the political aspects).

Castiel from Supernatural was in love with Dean Winchester? (For me he was, but I’m done fighting with people that think his monologue was fraternal and not romantical, even if the writers confirmed later).

Heartstopper is more the study of hidden messages than people having different interpretations (I thought it was very subtle but they hid Charlie’s problem with food very well and just some people noticed at the scenes).

And Stranger Things has so many hidden messages that people who are not aware have all kinds of interpretations. Especially with Will. Is he gay?

People need to understand that everything a writer puts in the story has a message. Everything, sometimes even the color of the clothes they are wearing or the hero they chose for a class project. I saw a girl on Tiktok saying Will’s drawing was a Chekhov’s gun because it was an object of importance to the plot.

“It’s a principle that states that every element in a story must be necessary, and irrelevant elements should be removed.” (Chekhov’s gun definition)

We can still disagree with the writer’s choices, we can interpret different some scenes, but at the end of the day, it’s their choice (sometimes I say this sadly) what will be canon.

I believe the problem with Stranger Things is not the subtext, maybe the dialogue, but not the subtext. I like how they’re developing Will’s character. (Is it sad and makes me cry? yeah, but I still like it).

We can’t control how people will interpret what they see. And it’s not excluding subtext that we will resolve problems. The problem would be if they didn’t put the elements they addressed to work. And they are working on their way. (Not saying it’s good, but they are building something). And it will be great if they close these arches addressing the things that need to be addressed next season. And maybe, we hope, we will have answers as the journey is not finished yet.

Now... All people will have the same answers?

I don’t know. But I hope the ones that matter will.

#subtext #writing #strangerthings #supernatural #starwars #i know queerbaiting is bad #i just hope they give will a boyfriend next season #mike wheeler #will byers #castiel #dean #heartstopper

[jasmineiros]

#my mind was all over the place while writing this #i feel nothing makes sense but decided to post it anyway #my agony is real #or just an illusion to whixh I cling to #gulaabee writes #my writing #my poem #my poetry #the last verse is not mine #it's from a Brazilian author named Machado de Assis #machado de assis #good luck trying to translate the last paragraph lmao

[hwrryscherry]

I'm so interested in your reader model y/n ❤️❤️❤️ please, when you can do a blurb talking more about her life 🥺

oww thank you lovie🥺🥺 honestly, when it comes to blurbs I like to do them when is related to both Harry & Model Y/N BUT I prepared some facts about her for you since you're interested. Hope you like it and thank you for the love, I really appreciate it🥰🥰

50 Facts about Model Y/N that you probably didn't know.

Her face claim is Devon Lee Carlson BUT I always like to make it clear that you’re free to imagine her as whoever you want and whoever will make you feel comfortable

Model Y/N was born on May 12th, 1997 so she’s 23 years old. I choose this date because it's my birthday as well and besides Harry’s birthday, it is the only birth date that I can remember since I ALWAYS forget everybody’s birthday.

She’s a brazilian. She was born on a brazilian state called Minas Gerais that makes border with Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.

Besides her first language being Portuguese(pt-br), she can also speaks english, spanish and french.

Her zodiac sign is a Taurus and her rising is cancer.

She’s closer to her mother than she is to her father. They don’t have a good relationship.

She subscribed herself online on modeling agencies in August of her senior year.

She went to New York City on September and signed with IMG models in which is also the modeling agency of Giselle Bündchen, Kate Moss, Gigi & Bella Hadid, Joan Smalls, Karlie Kloss, Ashley Graham, Barbara Palvin, Miranda Kerr, Hailey BIeber, Cara Delavigne, etc.

Model Y/N’s modeling informations are: Height: 5′8(172cm). Bust: 32 Waist: 23 Hips: 35

She considers herself a geek.

Her first fashion show ever for a really big brand was for Balmain by early 2015.

The Balmain fashion show was also where she met Gigi and Bella.

She considers the beggining of her career one of the most difficult moments of her life. She was in a new country by herself. She didn’t received much money on modeling yet and she used to pay rent, which in NYC is very expensive. She had to save money most of the time, so when her first Paris Fashion Week came, she stayed in an Inn and didn’t do any tourism through Paris because she simply couldn’t afford it.

Model Y/N bought her New York apartment on early 2017 when she was 19.

Her favorite country to visit ever is Italy.

Model Y/N auditionated for Victoria Secrets on both 2015 & 2016 but only was accepted in 2017 when she walked for the first time and met Harry as well.

Model Y/N actually met two 1D members before meeting Harry.

The first One Direction member that Model Y/N met was Zain by the end of 2015 when he started dating Gigi.

The secong member was Liam back in 2016 when she was in London for fashion week.

Model Y/N celebrated her 23rd birthday on quarantine when she and Harry were in lockdown with their friends in LA.

Model Y/N ADORES Lizzo btw and Lizzo sent to her bday balloons on her bday that said "100% that birthday b!tch".

Model Y/N prefers New York over Los Angeles.

She believes that one of the most inspirational people in her life is Harry, because she always get inspired by him and she really values his opinion.

Her fashion icon is Rachel Green from Friends.

She is TERRIFIED of dolls. It’s more like a phobia. Just the simple thought of it is enough to cause chills on her.

She is obssessed over MCU(Marvel Cinematic Universe), from Avengers to Fantastic 4. If you want to talk about MCU with someone who knows A LOT about it, Model Y/N is your girl.

She is also a Potterhead and she is a Gryffindor, confirmed by the Pottermore sorting hat quizz.

She is scared of Twitter and doesn’t have a personal one. The one twitter that she ‘’has’’ is controlled by her manager and she doesn’t even has access to it.

The best advice she ever received came from a night out in London with Anne, Gemma and her mother that is: Be educated. Work Hard and always stay true to yourself.

Her spirit animal is a horse.

Her favorite disney movie is either Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast and Pocahontas.

Model Y/N is a supporter of humans rights and considers it extremely important to have those conversations and stand for what is right.

Model Y/N has starred at a Vogue US September cover. The September issue is the most important one from Vogue.

Model Y/N never went to college but she was planning to study criminal psychology.

Her favorite Harry Styles song yet is Sweet Creature.

Her favorite 1D song is They don’t know about us.

She is a huge Game of Thrones fan and had a major startruck moment when she met Emilia Clarke in the backstage of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon in 2019.

Her favorite books ever are Call me by your name BY André Aciman and a very famous novel called Dom Casmurro by a brazilian author called Machado de Assis.

Her favorite decade aesthetic is the 70s.

On quarantine, Model Y/N focused on things that she has wanted to learn but didn’t had time so she started studying italian and learned how to play piano.

She's a huge American Horror Story & The Hautings series fan and that's why she has a celebrity crush for Evan Peters & Victoria Pedretti.

Her favorite season is Fall but her favorite holiday is christmas.

She only had one serious relationship before Harry that lasted between 2015-early 2017.

Her dream trip is Amsterdam.

She doesn’t drink alcohol.

She walked as the Chanel Bride in 2019 Fashion Week.

Model Y/N says that if she ever has a daughter, she’d like to name her Blair.

She's an art lover. She believes that a world without movies, paiting, music and all the others types of art would be really boring.

That's why she loves musical movies and still knows the lyrics from every High School Musical and Camp Rock song.

She doesn't have a favorite movie from all times but The Mask of Zorro is for sure one of them.

Model Y/N would love to act in the future and she looks foward to trying it one day.

#hwrryscherry #HARRYxMODELY/N #harryxmodely/n #harry styles imagines #harry x reader #harry styles au

[erosulyssey]

recently been reading about machado de assis & i really, strongly believe others should indulge in his works as well, because while they are so so nice, he’s also incredible

1. not some child of wealth. his grandparents had been slaves, his parents worked common labour jobs in realms such as needlework, and he still managed to be a big name in brazilian academics by his 20s

2. while his ideas about women are indeed sometimes a reflection of the times, he also has some shining moments where he challenges the idea of an ideal female heroine.

3. his work is so, so good, & in my opinion a world more entertaining than hemmingway. only recently were his works translated to english, or any language besides portuguese for that matter, & it’s strongly believed that if it had been done sooner he would be considered a truly classic author

4. he uses common language but picks his words so carefully & molds them beautifully.

5. not eurocentric!!!! he was born in Rio, & lived in Brazil most his life.

just read de assis. i promise he won’t disappoint

(if it helps, ginsberg related de assis to kafka in a review of his works; de assis’s work is from the romantic period)

#literature #books #quotes #prose #books and libraries #bookblr #studyblr #study #brazil #rio #machado de assis #academia #history #fiction #research #bookish #reading #to read #to be read #tbr #portuguese #brazilian author #aesthetic #suggestions #romantic authors #romance #romantic literature

[totally-not-vergil]

Lord Vergil, did you ever tried literary styles other than poetry? If not, I excuse myself in advance for the obvious bias, but I really recommend the books written by brazilian author Machado de Assis, especially one named Dom Casmurro! Greetings from Brazil~

Oh I did!

I sometimes go to literature and romance, something that my mother used to read.

You know these old romance that had a photo as a cover? The fancy one that had a muscular man embracing a woman form the back? It's one of those. My mother used to read them when we waited for my father to come back.

I'm considering your suggestion, Machado de Assis with the book Dom Casmurro, seems nice.

The shop I usually buy books told me it's a nice one so I'll get it and enjoy every page of it.

Hello Brazil~!

*give a soft wave of his hand*

#vergil sparda #totally not ask

[raquelsbrazilianlitblog]

10 Interesting Brazilian Novels

1. Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands by Jorge Armado

"It surprises no one that the charming but wayward Vadinho dos Guimaräaes--a gambler notorious for never winning--dies during Carnival. His long suffering widow Dona Flor devotes herself to her cooking school and her friends, who urge her to remarry. She is soon drawn to a kind pharmacist who is everything Vadinho was not, and is altogether happy to marry him. But after her wedding she finds herself dreaming about her first husband's amorous attentions, and one evening Vadinho himself appears by her bed, as lusty as ever, to claim his marital rights" - Back cover.

2. Iracema by José de Alencar

“José de Alencar’s novel tells the story of Iracema, a native virgin, and Martim, a Portuguese colonizer who, despite the cultural barriers that separate them, fall in love. As a result, Iracema is forced to abandon her tribe, but her illusions of peaceful coexistence are shattered when she is herself abandoned by Martim, left only with their child. The tragic sorrow and sense of betrayal she feels eventually lead to her death.” ( the culture trip )

3. City of God by Paulo Lins and Alison Entrekin

“The searing novel on which the internationally acclaimed hit film was based, City of God is a gritty, gorgeous tour de force from one of Brazil’s most notorious slums. Cidade de Deus: a place where the streets are awash with narcotics, where violence can erupt at any moment over drugs, money, and love—but also a place where the samba beat rocks till dawn, where the women are the most beautiful on earth, and where one young man wants to escape his background and become a photographer.” ( Amazon )

4.The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector 

“It tells the story of a Northern dactylographic woman  who moves to Rio. The book is about the adventures of a dreamer woman who has a life without emotions.” ( brazilianexperience )

5. Captains of Sand by Jorge Amado

“They call themselves “Captains of the Sands,” a gang of orphans and runaways who live by their wits and daring in the torrid slums and sleazy back alleys of Bahia. Led by 15-year-old “Bullet,” the band – including a crafty liar named “Legless,” the intellectual “Professor,” and the sexually precocious “Cat” – pulls off heists and escapades against the right and privileged of Brazil. But when a public outcry demands the capture of the “little criminals,” the fate of these children becomes a poignant, intensely moving drama of love and freedom in a shackled land.” ( bookriot )

6. Symphony in White by Adriana Lisboa

“The two daughters of Afonso Olímpio and Otacília raised in rural Brazil in the 1960s and educated in teeming Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s form the counterpoint and central theme linking four generations: the pliant, troubled Clarice and the lovely, strong-willed Maria Inês. As other voices join in – those of the men they have married and the ones they have loved; the artist manqué Tomás; villagers and childhood friends; Great-Aunt Berenice in Rio; Eduarda, Maria Inês’s 18-year-old daughter – the cool, white calm of the sisters’ universe dissolves in a swirl of dark secrets. The family’s silences echo the unspoken atrocities of the military dictatorship holding sway in their country. But after the death of their mother forces Clarice and Maria Inês to face their shared past, an old score is settled. In a dramatic and powerful work of great beauty and harmony, Lisboa reveals the abysses of the human soul within a framework as delicate as a butterfly’s flight.” ( bookriot )

7. Mystery of Rio by Alberto Mussa

Reminiscent of the enigmatic fictions of Latin American greats Jorge Luis Borges and Julio Cortázar, The Mystery of Rio is a finely wrought work of fiction that will transport readers into a thrilling literary hall of mirrors where they might find themselves reflected at times, and pleasurably lost at others. Rio de Janeiro, 1913. The Secretary of the Presidency of the Republic is found murdered at the former home of the Marquesa de Santos, known as the House of Swaps, a sophisticated brothel where secret liaisons are orchestrated and monitored. Under the guise of a medical clinic, the brothel is run by a scientist obsessed with the study of female sexual fantasies. During the criminal investigation, a forensic expert who frequents the House comes face-to-face with a rogue from Cais do Porto who is possibly involved in the murder. The two begin a competition to decide who is the greatest seducer. Winner of the Brazilian National Libraries' Machado de Assis Prize for Best Novel, The Mystery of Rio is the latest of Alberto Mussa's unforgettable prize-winning novels. 

8. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Reminiscent of the enigmatic fictions of Latin American greats Jorge Luis Borges and Julio Cortázar, The Mystery of Rio is a finely wrought work of fiction that will transport readers into a thrilling literary hall of mirrors where they might find themselves reflected at times, and pleasurably lost at others. Rio de Janeiro, 1913. The Secretary of the Presidency of the Republic is found murdered at the former home of the Marquesa de Santos, known as the House of Swaps, a sophisticated brothel where secret liaisons are orchestrated and monitored. Under the guise of a medical clinic, the brothel is run by a scientist obsessed with the study of female sexual fantasies. During the criminal investigation, a forensic expert who frequents the House comes face-to-face with a rogue from Cais do Porto who is possibly involved in the murder. The two begin a competition to decide who is the greatest seducer. Winner of the Brazilian National Libraries' Machado de Assis Prize for Best Novel, The Mystery of Rio is the latest of Alberto Mussa's unforgettable prize-winning novels. 

9. Gabriella, Clove, Cinnamon by Jorge Amado

Ilhéus in 1925 is a booming town with a record cacao crop and aspirations for progress, but the traditional ways prevail. When Colonel Mendonça discovers his wife in bed with a lover, he shoots and kills them both. Political contests, too, can be settled by gunshot...No one imagines that a bedraggled migrant worker who turns up in town–least of all Gabriela herself–will be the agent of change. Nacib Saad has just lost the cook at his popular café and in desperation hires Gabriela. To his surprise she turns out to be a great beauty as well as a wonderful cook and an enchanting boon to his business. But what would people say if Nacib were to marry her? Lusty, satirical and full of intrigue, Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon is a vastly entertaining panorama of small town Brazilian life.

10. “Brazil” by John Updike

“The richest and most sensual novel in years from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the Rabbit series. Two young, beautiful lovers, a black child of the Rio slums and a pampered upper-class white girl, endure privation, violence, and captivity to be together.” ( Good reads )

[sacredbathos]

I Should Have Read That

Such a joyful surprise to be tagged for the first time, thank you @lestempsdereveur !

Rules: Answer questions below and tag 10 others. A book that a certain friend is always telling you to read: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, by Murakami. And I will, I will... A book that’s been on your tbr forever and you still haven’t picked it up: It used to be A Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel García Márquez, but I broke that curse and read it a few years ago. It’s still one of my favorites, so I don’t get why I’ve also been postponing Machado de Assis in my life. I’ve never read any of his novels, only short stories, and I KNOW his writing is for me. I just keep “saving them” until... later? Go figure. A book in a series that you’ve started, but haven’t finished yet: I’m very resistant to series, so, if it counts, there’s an infinity of books from Balzac’s La Comédie Humaine left. I’ve only read Eugénie Grandet and Le Père Goriot, both of which I really enjoyed. But I obviously have no intention of reading them all. A classic you’ve always liked the sound of but never actually read: Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina. A popular book that it seems everyone but you has read: Don DeLillo’s White Noise. Valter Hugo Mãe and Margaret Atwood also come to mind as popular authors. They’re all safe on my reading list, don’t you worry! A book that inspired a film/tv adaptation you really love, but you just haven’t read yet: The Talented Mr. Ripley, by Patricia Highsmith, which became Plein Soleil in 1960, directed by René Clément, AND got another version in 1999, carrying the original name, directed by Anthony Minghella. Loved both of them. A book that you see all over Tumblr/Instagram but haven’t picked up yet: O Peso do Pássaro Morto, by Aline Bei (a contemporary Brazilian author) or Invisible Cities, by Italo Calvino.

I’m a bit shy, so I’ll tag only three but wonderful profiles that I believe belong to avid readers who could have some fun responding as well.

I tag @mesogeios​, @odedavna​, and @un-peu-de-vin​, if you feel like it.

#books

[intellectualradical]

Intellectual Radical of the day: Jorge Amado

I recently finished reading Captains of the Sands, the classic novel by Jorge Amado. I highly recommend this novel. Here is some information about the author, an intellectual radical, Jorge Amado

Jorge Amado was born on August 10th, 1912, on a farm called Auricídia in Ferradas, Itabuna, in southern Bahia. His father, João Amado de Faria, was a cocoa farmer, and his mother was named Eulália Leal Amado.

Jorge moved to Ilhéus when he was one-year-old, and spent the rest of his childhood there. For high school, he came to Salvador and studied at Colégio Antônio Vieira and Ginásio Ipiranga. During this time, Jorge began to work as a journalist and started his literary career. He was one of the founding members of the Academia dos Rebeldes (Academy of Rebels), a Modernist literary movement in Bahia.

Jorge published his first novel, O País do Carnaval (no English translation), in 1931. In 1933 he married Matilde Garcia Rosa and had his first child, Lila. In this same year he published his second novel, Cacau (no English translation).

Jorge graduated from Law School in Rio de Janeiro in 1935. As a communist militant, Jorge was exiled to Argentina and Uruguay during 1941-42. When he returned to Brazil in 1944, he separated from Matilde.

In 1945, Jorge was elected to the National Constituent Assembly as a representative of the Brazilian Communist Party. He received the most votes out of all of the candidates from São Paulo. As a deputy, Jorge introduced the law guaranteeing freedom of religious faith. This same year Jorge married Zélia Gattai.

In 1947, Jorge and Zélia’s first son. João Jorge, was born. The Communist Party was declared illegal in Brazil, and its members were persecuted and imprisoned. Jorge and his family sought refuge in France until 1950, when he was expelled. In 1949, his daughter Lila died in Rio de Janeiro. Between 1950 and 1952, Jorge and Zélia lived in Prague, where their daughter Paloma was born.

Upon returning to Brazil in 1955, Jorge Amado distanced himself from political militancy, and left the Communist Party a year later. He dedicated himself to literature.

On April 6, 1961 he was elected to chair number 23 of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, dedicated to José de Alencar and first occupied by Machado de Assis.

The literary work of Jorge Amado has been adapted into many versions for film, theater, and television, and has even been the theme of various samba schools around Brazil. His books were translated into 49 language, including versions in braile and audio.

In 1987 the Fundação Casa de Jorge Amado was inaugurated in Largo do Pelourinho, Salvador, Bahia. It maintains and preserves Jorge Amado’s archives, open to researchers. The mission of the Foundation is to promote cultural activites in Bahia.

Jorge Amado died in Salvador on August 6, 2001. His body was cremated and his ashes scattered in the garden of his house on Rua Alagoinhas, Rio Vermelho, on the day he would have turned 89.

The works of Jorge Amado earned many national and international prizes, including: Lenin Peace Prize (Soviet Union, 1951), Latinidade (France, 1971), Nonino (Italy, 1982), Dimitrov (Bulgária, 1989), Pablo Neruda (Russia, 1989), Etruria de Literatura (Italy, 1989), Cino Del Duca (France, 1990), Mediterranean (Italy, 1990), Vitaliano Brancatti (Italy, 1995), Luis de Camões (Brasil, Portugal, 1995), Jabuti (Brazil, 1959, 1961, 1997), and Ministry of Culture (Brazil, 1997).

Jorge received title of Commander and Grand Official in Venezuela, France, Spain, Portugal, Chile, and Argentina, in addition to receiving Doutor Honoris in 10 universities in Brazil, Italy, France, Portugal, and Israel. The honorary title from Sorbonne, France, was the last one he received in person, in 1998, during his last trip to Paris, when he was already sick.Jorge Amado was proud to hold the title of Obá, and a civil post at the candomblé Ilê Axé Opô Afonjá, in Bahia.

#jorge amado #captains of the sands #books #authors #brasil #bahia #information #intellectual radical #classics #favelas #Novel #brazil

[carlpalmer]

giulia!! I send u: 11, 14, 22

thank u so much jocelin!! (i’m sorry this is so late btw also happy new year!!)

11. Something you want to do again next year?already answered!14. Favorite book you read this year?idk if this counts as a book but at school we had to read a compilation of short stories by my fave brazilian author and i rly love it i’d recommend his work to anyone who’s into realism. his name is machado de assis

22. Favorite place you visited this year?the place i have the best memories from last year is from my fave place in my city, this big ass avenue that is the brazilian equivalent of times square i’d say if i’m not being too pretentious lmao. i didn’t rly visit any new places besides my mom’s hometown but i’m not too big on small cities

#gayusoctgayvius

[anneshirlei]

Top 6 poems?

oh this is hard. let’s see (i’m sensing they’ll be from Brazil or Portugal, since it’s the ones we learn in school, sorry!)

this is also not in order bc I’m going to put the ones I remember

Operário em Construção by Vinicius de Moraes

Canção do Exílio by Gonçalves Dias

A Rosa de Hiroshima by Vinicius de Morares

Livros e Flores by Machado de Assis

I also read one by Paulo Leminski but I don’t remember the name but it was so good

Eu by Clarice Lispector

I AM SO SORRY! I’m not a big fan of poems so this one are the ones I learned at school and I like it. They’re all from Brazilians or Portugueses authors, so...

ask me my top 6 anything

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4 and 38? It's actually interesting to read your answers, I hope I'm not bothering you!

You are not bothering me at all! Don’t you worry about that and ask asmuch questions as you want. And I am sorry for the huge answers!

4. name three authors that were influential to your work and tell why

As I am Brazilian, I have a hugeinfluence of Brazilian Literature. However, my favorite writer is German. Hisname’s Bertolt Brecht and he hadinfluenced me because of his pessimism. Hewrote a book with a compilation of poems, and when I read it I could definitelyfeel the angst among the Second World Wars within the years. Bertolt is able togive this sentiment of dependency, of fear and angst and still criticize thecurrent situation and people’s actions.

Now, the other two writers areBrazilians. One of them is Machado deAssis and he is as pessimist asBertolt Brecht. I love one of his stories where the storyteller is the maincharacter and he’s actually dead.Brás Cubas – the main star of this story I mentioned – tells us how futile hislife was and how lonely it got with the years. Machado has this immense abilityof dragging your body and soul inside the storyline like you were one of hischaracters. Oh Lord, how I am jealous ofit.

The last writer, but not least,is Jorge Amado – and as I said onthe previous paragraph, he is also Brazilian. Different from the other two Imentioned, Jorge Amado is a sort of romanticist but with a full dose of reality.His stories are basically romances with not-that-happy-ending, yet he is one ofthe best writers in this entire planet. He has a book called Gabriela – which ismy name – and you definitely feelyourself inside the book’s environment. Honestly, you dive into it just likenothing else. You become Gabriela, you become the main character, and you arenot only the reader. This colossaltalent for pulling the reader inside the plot is so amusing and I cannot beless than envious.

38. do you reread your own stories?

The entire process of writingactually obligates you to read what you’ve written. So while I am writing Ikeep coming back and reading all over again, from beginning to where I stopped.But, if you mean it after the story is over, posted or whatever, well yes, I doreread my stories to make sure it is not lacking and I’ve done my best. Itgives me safety, you know? It feels correct to reread all and assure I am notletting any mistake left.

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Garcia-Roza, master of the detective novel, dies at 84

Brazil has lost two big names in the last 48 hours Literature police officer. Rubem Fonseca and Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Rosa left leaving priceless literary works that marked national literature. The writers were considered by critics to be masters of detective novels.

Rubem Fonseca's departure

According to the family, Rubem Fonseca suffered a heart attack and was referred to the Samaritano Hospital in Botafogo, but, unfortunately, died at the age of 94. Chronicler, short story writer and screenwriter, the writer was successful with his irreverent way of telling stories, creating his own way that made a revolution in literature.

The set of works written by the author (VIDEO) caused him to receive great prizes throughout his life. Rubem Fonseca received Camões, the main prize for Portuguese-language literature, and also Machado de Assis, granted by the Brazilian Academy of Letters (ABL).

When ABL announced the author's award with Machado de Assis, through a statement that the author consecrated himself for his unique way of writing, with a nervous and agile narrative, both classic and current.

Rubem navigated between realism and the police, revealing the urban violence that plagues Brazilian society, without losing his sensitive eye for the human tragedy underlying it, the loneliness of big cities or the nuances of what is erotic.

In the text, ABL praised its reserved, ironic and sharp style, which denotes a classic reader attentive to the present day.

The departure of Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza

Psychoanalyst and writer Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza had been hospitalized since last year due to a stroke. Garcia-Roza died at Samaritano Hospital, the same hospital as Rubem Fonseca, this Thursday 16.

At 84 years of age, he was the author of books on Copacabana noir, Garcia-Roza was known for his police books, usually carried out by detective Espinosa.

The author's history with literature is interesting, since his first work was released in 1996, at the time, Garcia-Roza was 96 years old.

Between 1996 and 2014, Garcia-Roza wrote a total of 12 novels, all published by Companhia das Letras. Some of the best known are “Lost and Found”, “A window in Copacabana”, “Espinosa without exit”, “Céu de origamis” and “A dangerous place”. “The last woman”, his most recent book, was published last year.

The carioca used to use the Copacabana neighborhood as a backdrop for his crime stories and, without his texts, anything was possible. Thus, he established himself as one of the greatest writers of the police genre.

On the internet, thousands of people mourned the death of the writers commenting on Rubem Fonseca's influence on Alfredo Garcia-Roza. Many celebrities like writer and novelist Walcyr Carrasco shared their sadness.

Once, when asked about the vocabulary used to write his works, the author replied: “I wrote 30 books. All of them filled with obscene words. We writers cannot discriminate between words.

It makes no sense for a writer to say, 'I can't use this'. Unless you write a children's book. Every word has to be used “.

Difficult moment of Brazilian art. In three straight days, great losses: Moraes, Rubem Fonseca and today Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza, master of police literature! My feelings! #mourning #literature #alfredogarciaroza

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“Ten interesting Brazilian Novels.”

“Eleven Minutes” by Paulo Coelho

“Eleven Minutes is the story of a young girl named Maria who leaves her Brazilian home to go to Geneva, Switzerland, in hopes of great adventure and great love. Her situation does not prove to be what she had hoped and she pursues a career in prostitution in order to make money quickly in order to return home. During her time in Switzerland, Maria experiences pain, pleasure, and love and must decide the correct path for her life.”(Bookrags)

“The Winner Stands Alone” by Paulo Coelho

“The book loosely tells the story of several individuals: Igor, a Russian millionaire; Hamid, a Middle Eastern fashion magnate; American actress Gabriela, eager to land a leading role; ambitious criminal detective Savoy, hoping to resolve the case of his life; and Jasmine, a woman on the brink of a successful modeling career. Set at the Cannes Film Festival, the tale narrates the epic drama and tension between the characters in a 24-hour period. Igor, a man of extraordinary intelligence, has promised himself to destroy worlds to get his beloved wife Ewa, who left him for a successful designer, Hamid.” (GradeSaver )

“The Dreamseller: The Calling” by Augusto Cury

“Wherever he goes, the dreamseller enchants, stirs up trouble and inspires his listeners to search for the most important thing: the heart of the human soul. Every person he meets is someone who has abandoned their dreams and is struggling through life: a professor who has stopped pursuing his passions, an alcoholic who has no family, the elderly who have lost their zest for life. Through his questioning and wisdom, the dreamseller helps them to look into their silent hearts and get to the root of their unhappiness.” (Amazon)

“Blackout” by Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza

“With no witnesses and no weapon, it seems like the case of the one-legged homeless man found lying in a cul-de-sac on São João Hill, shot through the heart, will remain unsolved. But Chief Inspector Espinosa can’t shake thoughts of the hapless victim—who would target a penniless man who posed no physical threat? Focusing his incisive mind and characteristically unhurried inquiry on a group of affluent guests who dined at a nearby mansion on the stormy night of the murder, Espinosa carefully interrogates his way into the lives of his suspects, exposing lies, cover-ups—and further mysteries. When the body of a prominent young urbanite is discovered in a scandalous state of undress, Espinosa must find the unlikely connections between two murders with no apparent witnesses or motive. Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza turns up the heat in this novel, supplementing his seductive prose with psychological twists and steamy secrets that lead to the unexpected climax.” (Goodreads)

“The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho

“Santiago is a humble shepherd whose desires are few–he wants to be free to roam with his sheep, to have some wine in his wineskin and a book in his bag. Fate intervenes, however, in the form of the recurring dream of a great treasure hidden thousands of miles away at the base of the Egyptian Pyramids. When Santiago meets Melchizedek, a strange wise man who claims he is a king from a far-off land, he decides to seek his treasure. The next day, Santiago sells his sheep and embarks to Africa to pursue his dream.” (Gradesaver)

“The Pilgrimage “ by Paulo Coelho

“Paulo is a thirty-eight year old, intelligent man who feels he has successfully completed his training to become a Master in an ancient and mysterious religious tradition. Paulo has survived many trials and learned many lessons in order to reach the point of being awarded a new sword: an emblem of his achievement. However, Paulo has failed to learn one final and very important lesson: what he is to do with his sword. As a result of not understanding this lesson, Paulo must undertake one final journey. If he does not succeed, he will not receive his sword and the title of Master.” (Bookrags)

Aleph by Paulo Coelho

“ Setting off to Africa, and then to Europe and Asia via the Trans-Siberian Railway, he initiates a journey to revitalize his energy and passion. Even so, he never expects to meet Hilal. A gifted young violinist, she is the woman Paulo loved five hundred years before - and the woman he betrayed in an act of cowardice so far-reaching that it prevents him from finding real happiness in this life. Together they will initiate a mystical voyage through time and space, traveling a path that teaches love, forgiveness, and the courage to overcome life's inevitable challenges. Beautiful and inspiring, Aleph invites us to consider the meaning of our own personal journeys: Are we where we want to be, doing what we want to do?” (BookBrowse) 

“Dom Casmurro” by Machado de Assis 

“Dom Casmurro may be interpreted as narrator and protagonist Bento Santiago’s attempt to relieve himself of the guilt he feels for having destroyed his relationship with his wife and son and for the jealousy he came to harbor for his dead best friend. Relief of the guilt may come from earning the support of a sympathetic reader. It may also come, however, from Bento’s admitting, finally, that he was wrong. Though such an admission never occurs within the novel itself, it is possible to conclude that even Bento suspects the truth behind his sad story.”(enotes)

“Dona flor and her two husbands” by Jorge Amado

“In a small city of Brazil, a woman named Flor marries a man named Vadinho, but once married she finds that he is a good-for-nothing. She works teaching cooking and he takes all of her money to gamble. After Vadinho dies, Flor marries Tedoror, the owner of a drugstore. Flor is happy with her new husband but misses the love life with her previous husband. When one day the ghost of Vadhino comes back to peruse her.”(IMDB)

“Shooting my Life’s Script” by Paula Pimenta 

“Estefania's life is turned upside-down when she gets the chance to go abroad for a year on a student exchange program. The revealing instant messaging, phone calls and constant note passing during class now have a new subject: Fani's impending trip to the UK. Get to know the fascinating universe of a teenage girl full of hopes and hesitant about going on with her "normal" life, in the company of friends, family, and AN unexpected newfound love, or living the adventure of going to another country, a whole new world of possibilities. The best scenes of Fani's life are yet to come…You'll be sure to enjoy this fun and totally awesome book by best-selling brazilian author, Paula Pimenta.”  (Wook)

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Literary workshops offer ways to write fiction

Marcelino Freire: students who are bar partners (photo: Jorge Filholini / Divulgao)

Marcelino Freire he likes to say that he does his literary creation workshops to find bar partners. It is a joke to relax and to show that literary production is not a mystery. Sometimes, says Marcellin, taking the guy with the creative block to the bar works. It even helps to scare away cliches because, relaxed, the supposed author lets his own voice emerge and hands over a writing standard imposed by the market. And so, Marcelino is taking aspiring writers by the hand with the Soltando a lgua workshop, held since 2003 and which now arrives in the Federal District.

Author of eight books, among them Our bones, awarded with Machado de Assis, and Slave stories, winner of Jabuti in 2006, Marcelino sees the workshops as a space for creation, but also for learning. “Generally, everywhere I go I train more readers than writers, because there are a lot of people who want to write and don't want to read, a lot of people who want to publish, but don't want to write”, explains the writer. The teacher's first step is to draw a lottery with papers filled with the names of Brazilian and Latin American writers.

The participants have the initial mission of researching these authors to expand the universe, because it is one of Marcellin's observations that, many times, the subject wants to be a writer or a poet, but neither literature nor poetry. “Writing not only putting the word on paper, but knowing about your partners, people who have gone too far to do what they want to do. So, right away you have this idea of ​​reading and finding our literary families ”, warns the author.

Among the common problems with which he has to deal, the teacher mentions the creative block. “There is a cult of blocking, the idea of ​​'I am without inspiration, and such'. A, I'll tell you how to make your character drink beer with you, how to bathe your character ”, he says. “There's a lot to do to keep the character alive. I have a great conversation, I'm not dictating a rule for anyone. I can even shit the rule, but I flush it. a great conversation out of dilemmas. ”

Among those participating, Marcelino identifies a diverse group. Names like Sheyla Smanioto, winner of the Sesc Literature Prize with Soltando a langue, passed by Exile, and Aline Bei, winner of the So Paulo Prize for Literature with The weight of the dead bird, but also lovers of literature who believe they can enrich the understanding of the narratives when attending classes. “There is a listener who goes because he is a great reader. No one is obliged to deliver results, the workshop is not cost-effective. Go there for whatever you want. There are singers and composers who make my workshop, who only write lyrics and want to expand their repertoire. There is the person who is going to knit there. s arrive. At the very least, we find friends because life is very difficult and, if we do not get together, it doesn’t, ”says Marcelino.

Jferson Assumo: fundamentals of creative writing (photo: Joana Fran? a / Divulgao)

Pioneering

The name of the writer and teacher Luiz Antonio Assis Brasil has long held a prominent place when it comes to creative writing classes. He introduced the discipline to the post-graduate program in Letters at PUC Porto Alegre in 1985 and, through his classes, passed some of the most important names in contemporary literature, people like Carol Bensimon and Daniel Galera. Now, Assis Brasil embarks on an online workshop project coordinated by the writer and professor Jferson Assuno and in partnership with TAG Books.

At Yellow Board – Creative Writing Platform, the student will have access to 40 hours of classes divided into basic, intermediate and advanced levels. Assis Brasil participates in the latter as a teacher and joins the platform team as a supervisor. “In these 35 years, Assis Brasil has generated this entire creative writing environment in Porto Alegre and what we have done is put this on the network in an organized manner. The idea that we have other seasons and each season with two authors, teachers and writers, increasing diversity. The project is this: a creative writing platform on which the student can set up his own course ”, explains Jferson.

Each season will feature guest professors with well-known authors from the literary medium, but Jferson still doesn't reveal the names. Entitled Writing for creative people, the first course will deal with the foundation of creative writing, the origin of the narrative, the various types of structures and the fictional character, the latter a specialty of Assis Brasil. ”The character is all in a novel”, warns Assisi. “Not so much in the contemporary tale, where the fact matters more than the character. But as for the novel, the character that 'provokes' it and, in the background, gives it a sense.”

In an interview, the professor, who is also the author of 21 books, among them Escrfico, and winner of the Portugal Telecom Prize for his novel The still bank of the river (2004), tells about how he conceived the classes and the challenges involved in the practice of teaching authors to write.

Five Questions / Luiz Antnio Assis Brasil

Assis Brasil: workshops that contributed to transform Porto Alegre into a literary pole (photo: Raul Krebs / Divulgao)

It is possible to learn to write fiction. It is like?

Awakening the critical judgment, reading a lot, writing a lot, paying attention to what is happening in the literary scene, listening to the opinion of others, attending other arts and, if possible, participating in a quality literary creation workshop, whether in person or online.

Porto Alegre, in a way, became a pole of contemporary literary production. What participation do you feel you had in that?

I see this, first of all, as the result of a solid literary background that does not come from today. My participation? Maybe it was just to catalyze the energies of that youth, making them read a lot and write a lot.

How many percent of inspiration and how much work to write a good novel?

The dominant inspiration, and why is that? Because the person, to have the inspiration of a novel, because he has read many novels and, therefore, has already acquired much of the fictional techniques to write it. Thus, the work becomes lighter, and, far from being a burden, it becomes an interior movement of great pleasure.

Your specialty the character? How much does it represent of a well-written novel / short story?

Yes, I like to take care of the character. The story can be pfia, almost non-existent, as in Memorable Memories – but Brs, what a character! The convincing character even “makes it happen” even in the random facts of a novel, given Macaba's death.

Do you like contemporary literature produced today in Brazil? Why?

I like and read a lot, depending on my trade and also for my pleasure. It is a fresh, experimental, unique writing, especially now that, after the autofico phase is over, it starts looking sideways and understanding the other – and the social – as a subject capable of producing good narratives.

Dropping the Language – Literary Writing Workshop

With Marcelino Freire, March 26, 27 and 28, and April 2, 3 and 4, Thursday and Friday, from 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm, and Saturday, from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm, at Comoequetal (CLN 407 Bloco B store 17). Limited places. Investment: R $ 1,300.00 (up to 03/15), and R $ 1,450.00 (up to 03/25, when registration ends). Information and registration: 61 9.8127.8667 or [email protected] / To subscribe to Quadro Amarelo, access www.quadroamarelo.com.br. Contacts: [email protected]

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