A master teacher and critic as well as a novelist, Nabokov created a fastidiously shaped series of lectures based on a chapter-by-chapter synopsis of the Spanish classic, recording his insights as he proceeded. Since his teaching methods relied heavily on
Now appearing in English translation for the first time, these are the bold and sassy memoirs of the model who became the reigning queen of 1920s Paris - featuring many unpublished Man Ray photographs. A love child, she was born in Burgundy in 1901 and ch
Euclides da Cunha's classic account of the brutal campaigns against religious mystic Antonio Conselheiro has been called the Bible of Brazilian nationality."Euclides da Cunha went on the campaigns [against Conselheiro] as a journalist and what he returned
Escrito em 1936, quando o autor tinha apenas 24 anos, Mar morto conta as histórias da beira do cais da Bahia, como diz Jorge Amado na frase que abre o livro. E a frase é uma verdadeira carta de intenções. Nenhum outro livro sintetizou tão bem o mundo
O País do Carnaval.1930. Tempo de maré agitada, de ondas fortes, no Brasil. O estudante Jorge Amado já não é a criança carregada da fazenda onde nasceu para a cidade de Ilhéus; nem o jovenzito irrequieto que acabou fugindo do internato do Colégio
It surprises no one that the charming but wayward Vadinho dos Guimaraes–a gambler notorious for never winning—dies during Carnival. His long suffering widow Dona Flor devotes herself to her cooking school and her friends, who urge her to remarry. She
