The Sad End of Policarpo Quaresma by Lima Barreto
Policarpo Quaresma - fastidious civil servant, dedicated patriot, self-styled visionary - is a defender of all things Brazilian, full of schemes to improve his beloved homeland. Yet somehow each of his ventures, whether it is petitioning for Brazil's national language to be changed, buying a farm to prove the richness and fertility of the land.
Afonso Henriques de Lima Barreto was a Brazilian novelist and short story writer. The son of first- and second-generation freed slaves, he was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1881, in the tumultuous decade that saw the abolition of slavery in Brazil and the formation of the First Republic. He worked as a civil servant and journalist, both of which provided him with a rich source of material for the satirical writings that brought him fame, as well as a platform for his political activism. Published in serial form in the prominent periodicals of his time, Barreto's novels are now placed amongst Latin America's finest. He died in 1922.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780141395708 |
| ISBN 10 | 0141395702 |
| Title | The Sad End of Policarpo Quaresma |
| Author | Lima Barreto |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2014-06-05 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
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