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Machado De Assis; The Brazilian Master and His Novels.

Helen Caldwell

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The Valkyries: An Encounter With Angels

Paulo Coelho

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Total reviews: 47 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

What you get outta this depends on where you are in your life and spirituality. 5 out of 5 stars.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful.

There's a lot of wisdom and truth presented here in this book. The question is, will you or can you understand it? I admit that several places in the book, I would go back and have to reread something, and still not totally get it. But a little further and BAM! -This beautiful piece of writing would pop out and be clear as can be. I am thinking that what you get out of this book most likely depends on several things, like how open minded you are, where you are in your life and where you are spiritually. It's a metaphor people! (to those reviewers who didn't get it so they wrote negative things about it, which makes me think of how a lot of times we [some/most?] are quick to condemn that which we do not understand?) The things that you don't conciously understand, you most likely (hopefully anyway) sub-conciously get. Get it? - Course that may not be the case for all.

Book club choice? This book would make for interesting group discussion between the right people, -an open minded group who's not so quick to judge by skimming the surface. I think open discussions about this could bring a lot of hidden meanings out in the open because for example, one part that I didn't get could be clear as a bell to somebody else.

I loved this and am planning to read it again. And I feel sure that I'll probably read it several times throughout my life. That's the kind of book this is.

So, if you read it and don't understand, maybe it's not the right time for you? So many times, I have been drawn to exactly the books I needed for what I was going thru at that time. This proved that to me, once again.

Editorial Review:

Travel into the searing heat of the desert, discover fabulous spiritual mysteries, and witness a fateful meeting with guardian angels in this thrilling adventure and international bestseller from the beloved author of The Alchemist.

The Minus Sign: Selected Poems

Carlos Drummond De Andrade

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Fado Alexandrino (Antunes, Antonio Lobo)

Antonio Lobo Antunes

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A masterpiece 5 out of 5 stars.
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I agree with the previous reviewer. Antunes is a marvellous writer. Once you get into his way of writing it is hard to put the book down. His poetic language is so filled with images that you could actually feel the smell of Lisbon. In this story we follow the life stories of a couple of war veterans before, during and after the revolution in 1974. They come from different social backgrounds, so Antunes succeeds in portraying many aspects of his society. But to me is that not the main issue, no it is the moving life-stories of his characters. It is not an easy read but he can also be very amusing in a rather absurd way. Antunes has bee critizised for writing the same book over and over again. This is the second novel I read. His style is very similar but once I get into it I'm moved by the beauty and captivated by the energy of his prose.

Anyone interested in modern fiction must have a go at Antunes.

Editorial Review:

On the tenth anniversary of the return of their battalion from Mozambique, five men attempt to rekindle the fraternal bond that helped them survive the colonial war that was Portugal's Vietnam. In turn, they tell the stories of their lives before, during, and after the revolution that overthrew the long-lived Salazar dictatorship.

Gil Vicente (Twayne's world authors series, 29. Spain and Portugal)

Jack Horace Parker

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The Muse Reborn: The Poetry of Antonio Ferreira

T. F. Earle

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This pioneering work examines the literary and aesthetic achievements of Antonio Ferreira (1528-1569), an important but neglected Portuguese poet whose Poemas Lusitanos is a monument of Renaissance literature. Though a disciple of classical poets, Ferreira emerged as an individual talent, writing in Portuguese and introducing previously unfamiliar poetic genres to Portuguese literature. Including translations of all quotations, The Muse Reborn is essential reading for all students of Portuguese literature.

Every Man Is a Race (African Writers Series)

Mia Couto

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A magic Africa 5 out of 5 stars.
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Mia Couto's books presents us an Africa full of magic and dignity.

Romance Linguistics: The Portuguese Context

Dale Koike, Donaldo P. Macedo

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Although over 100 million people on various continents use Portuguese as their major language, the academic community in the United States has almost totally neglected the study of Portuguese linguistics. Romance Linguistics links the formal linguistic study of Portuguese with the social contaxt in which language is used. These studies, which cover a wide range of topics, including phonology, morphology, syntax, pragmatics, and discourse, comprise some of the best recent work on Portuguese. Many of the chapters challenge parts of widely recognized theoretical models of language, such as Chomsky's, while others support existing theories or linguistic concepts.

Selected Cronicas (New Directions Paperbook, 834)

Clarice Lispector

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Editorial Review:

Selected Crônicas gathers the newspaper columns of the Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector. This collection captures Lispector's gifted voice and supplies a view of Brazil from her childhood, after her Ukrainian parents emigrated there, until the last of her columns in 1973. The stories in this volume are colored with childhood memories and a belief in the redemptive promise of justice. Brazilian newspapers have a history of intellectual journalism, although the period during which Lispector wrote these crônicas was defined by military dictatorship, censorship of the press, and political repression. It was also a time of rapid economic growth, and amid these varied pressures, she played the role of conscience, reminding her readers of unshakeable memories and unmovable truths. What Lispector had to say could only be conveyed in a literary manner for the most pragmatic of reasons, but her delightful stories suggest it was the best means no matter what she had been permitted.