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Marcoré by Antonio Olavo Pereira; Alfred Hower; John Saunders; Newton Cavalcanti is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Marcoré about?

Marcoré , first published in Rio de Janeiro in 1957, won the coveted prize for fiction awarded by the Brazilian Academy of Letters and has been praised by leading critics and writers in Brazil. The novel has maintained favor with the Brazilian public and has also been published and received with enthusiasm in Portugal. Adopting the intimist, introspective approach characteristic of such writers as Machado de Assis and Graciliano Ramos, Pereira tells a moving, bittersweet tale of personal problems and family relationships. The central character of Marcoré is the narrator, a modest, introverted individual who, aware of his own human condition, tends to view life with pessimism tempered with compassion. As the narrator reflects on his life and relationships in a small town in the state of São Paulo, an unobtrusive document of Brazilian family life unfolds. The novel contains several highly dramatic scenes as well as many tender and entertaining ones and introduces a set of very human, very credible characters, including a most irascible mother-in-law and a wife who makes a strange vow. The reactions, thoughts, and hidden motivations of the characters are revealed in precise and econom

Who reads Marcoré?

Author

Antonio Olavo Pereira; Alfred Hower; John Saunders; Newton Cavalcanti

Publisher

University of Texas Press : University of Texas Press

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9780292771727

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Romance