Culture and Customs of BrazilBloomsbury Academic, 30. juuni 2003 - 195 pages Race, religion, language, culture, and national character are full of contradictions. Brazil, the largest country in South America, embodies so much paradox that it defies neat description. This book will help students and general readers dispel stereotypes of Brazil and begin to understand what country's bigness means in terms of its land, people, history, society, and cultural expressions. |
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... short stories and in his 10 or so novels that Machado excelled . He is the only writer with two books in the national canon , and a third and fourth received at least one vote . The two solidly in the canon are Dom Casmurro ( 1900 ) ...
... Short Story . There are no short stories in the Brazilian canon , but a few volumes did receive votes , and it has been a remarkably vigorous genre in Brazil for the last century or so . One reason for its vigor is economic— since it is ...
... short story , " The Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell . " It is Amado's only short story , a funny and touching story of magic and death in Bahia , and one which has become a favorite in Brazil . Finally , one vote was cast for Rubem ...
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