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1) Blindness
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English
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An epidemic of blindness strikes a city and the result is chaos, the government issuing shoot-to-kill orders. Much of the action is seen through the eyes of a woman who claims to be blind so she won't be separated from her husband. A look at how people behave under stress. By the author of The History of the Siege of Lisbon.
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2009.
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English
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What happens when Death becomes human and falls in love?
Nobel Prize-winner Jose Saramago's brilliant novel poses the question -- what happens when the grim reaper decides there will be no more death? On the first day of the new year, no one dies. This of course causes consternation among politicians, religious leaders, morticians, and doctors. Among the general public, on the other hand, there is initially celebration -- flags are hung out on balconies,...
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New Directions paperbook ; 834
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1996.
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English
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"Translations of chronicles first published between 1967-73 in Lispector's weekly column for Jornal do Brasil and representing about two-thirds of the volume A descoberta do mundo (HLAS 48:6221). That work was translated by Pontiero under title Discovering the world (HLAS 54:5084)"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
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English
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A geological disturbance causes the Iberian peninsula to split from the rest of Europe and sail into the Atlantic. The novel describes the impact the event has on the inhabitants of Spain and Portugal, and on the politics of the European Union. A satire by a Portuguese writer, author of The Gospel According to Jesus Christ.
11) Torto arado
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Leya
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Portuguese
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Bibiana e Belonísia são filhas de trabalhadores de uma fazenda no Sertão da Bahia, descendentes de escravos para quem a abolição nunca passou de uma data marcada no calendário. Intrigadas com uma mala misteriosa sob a cama da avó, pagam o atrevimento de lhe pôr a mão com um acidente que mudará para sempre as suas vidas, tornando-as tão dependentes que uma será até a voz da outra. Porém, com o avançar dos anos, a proximidade vai desfazer-se...
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Biblioasis
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English
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"Covering the entire arc of Couto's career, this collection displays the Mozambican author's inventiveness, sensitivity, and social range with greater richness than any previous collection, including early stories that reflect the harshness of life under Portuguese colonialism; magical tales of rural Africa; and contemporary fables of the slipperiness of race and gender, environmental disaster and the clash between the countryside and the city. The...
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Portuguese
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Paris, França, segunda metade do século XIX. O progresso tecnológico da era moderna seduz a elite burguesa. Com Jacinto Galeão, não é diferente. Rico e amante da vida urbana, não economiza elogios – nem dinheiro! – ao desfrutar do luxo promovido pelo entusiasmo futurista.
Logo, porém, essas futilidades começam a cansá-lo. Seu amigo José Fernandes conta em detalhes como e por que Jacinto troca a agitação urbana pela vida
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