Butterfinger's blurb on The Hour of the Star (Second Edition)

The Hour of the Star (Second Edition) | Clarice Lispector

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Let me introduce you to @patriciabarbosa_bcn -she has agreed to be our tour guide. Thank you so much. Also, @4thhouseontheleft and @BarbaraBB have some pictures to share from previous trips. Alisia has also shared a link with female Brazilian writers.

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FICTION SET IN BRAZIL

Butterfinger Classic satire

The Sad End of Policarpo Quaresma

Butterfinger Classic published posthumously

The Hour of the Star (Second Edition)

Butterfinger Military dictatorship

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Butterfinger São Paulo

There Were Many Horses

Butterfinger Family saga

The House in Smyrna

Butterfinger Based on the author's real story

My German Brother

Butterfinger 2010 Nobel prize in Literature

The War of the End of the World

Butterfinger Classic city impoverished

Captains of the Sands

Butterfinger LGBTQ+

Here the Whole Time

Butterfinger Recommended by @BarbaraBB

Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon

Butterfinger Recommended by @charl08

The Book of Rio: A City in Short Fiction

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Laughterhp It‘s so great you are doing this. I appreciate it! 4y

Liz_M It's difficult to find, and apparently the translation is not excellent, but the tagged book is fairly epic with an interesting twist. I got it from the Minneapolis Public Library. I also recommend books by Machado de Assis.

The Devil to Pay in the Backlands: "The Devil in the Street, in the Middle of the Whirlwind."

SamAnne This is great. Thank you! 4y

alisiakae I think I'm going to read this one, if I can get my hands on a copy, which was on the Int'l Booker longlist in 2016

A Cup of Rage

alisiakae Here's a debut novel by a young Brazilian-American author

It Is Wood, It Is Stone: A Novel

Butterfinger Is he the same as Joaquim Marie Machado? @Liz_M

If you have other suggestions, please keep them coming. I'm thinking of K or My German Brother and Indigenous Youth in Brazilian Amazonia. I hope people won't have trouble finding a title. @4thhhouseontheleft if I can find a copy, I'll send it to you. 4y

Butterfinger @Laughterhp @SamAnne you are welcome. I'm having a blast. I can't wait to see what everyone will be preparing to eat. 4y

alisiakae @Butterfinger My library does have both Crow Blue and It Is Wood, It Is Stone, so I've got some to choose from! I want to read at least one that is in translation, and Crow Blue fits. 4y

alisiakae And my library also has Here The Whole Time so I have a lot to choose from! I‘m trying not to buy any books right now since we are still in short term housing until the new house is done! 4y

Laughterhp I think I‘m going to try and read It is Wood, It is Stone and The War of the end of the world. I‘m able to get both via my library. 4y

Liz_M @Butterfinger According to wikipedia, yes: “Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, often known as Machado de Assis...“ 4y

Butterfinger @4thhouseontheleft I don't want anyone to feel that they have to buy a book. 4y

Liz_M For more ideas (ymmv), there is a “Brazilian Literature' tag on LibraryThing: https://www.librarything.com/tag/Brazilian+literature 4y

arubabookwoman The War at the End of the World got 5 ⭐️ from me when I read it several yrs ago. And I loved Gabriela Clove &Cinnamon when I read it yrs ago before I was giving stars or reviewing. Both Highly Recommended! 4y

arubabookwoman @Liz_M I've been looking for The Devil to Pay in the Backands every since I read The War at the End of the World. No luck. (edited) 4y

Jerdencon Great list - I had found this book and was planning to start with this one

Ways to Disappear

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OutAndAbout What a great list! Thank you for pulling it all together for us. 4y

Butterfinger @Amiable 4y

Butterfinger @Chrissyreadit 4y

Butterfinger @the book titles are in the comments @TheBookHippie @ChasingOm 4y

ChasingOm Hooray! Thank you! 4y

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