The Lady of Solitude projects a fresh and daring new voice on to the Brazilian literary scene. These... more

In The Formation of Souls: Imagery of the Republic in Brazil, José Murilo de Carvalho examines the b... more

There are no heroes in Igna cio de Loyola Branda o s world, only victims: not only of violence, but ... more

"More ambitious than The Alchemist. A thought-provoking tale." - TIME magazine In The Fifth Mountain... more

Jose de Alencar’s prose-poem Iracema, first published in 1865, is a classic of Brazilian literature-... more

English by Clifford E. Landers....... more

Bellotto has no trouble discovering dark doings...S o Paulo s size and diversity give this volume s ... more

Clifford Landers (Coelho’s The Alchemist, etc.)....... more

Praise for The Body Snatcher: "An excellent and atypical book, a fantastic adventure."--The Huffingt... more

Rubem Fonseca’s Crimes of August offers the first serious literary treatment of the cataclysmic even... more

In these seventeen stories by one of Brazil s foremost living authors, Fonseca introduces readers --... more

"Originally published in Portuguese as A casa dos budas ditosos by Editora Objetiva Ltda.,1999"--T.p... more

Born in Brazil, novelist Dom cio Coutinho immigrated to the United States in 1959. His first novel, ... more

Prize. Clifford E. Landers has translated many of the great writers of Brazil, including Jorge Amado, João Ubaldo Ribeiro...... more

Like his creator, the narrator of this novel is a psychiatrist who loathes psychiatry, a veteran of ... more

Roberto DaMatta, one of the foremost Brazilian anthropologists, and his colleague Elena Soárez appro... more

wonderfully imaginative work. Tereza Albues was born in the small village of Mato Grosso, Brazil. She has lived in the United...... more