One Hundred Years after Tomorrow: Brazilian Women's Fiction in the Twentieth Century (Well House Books)

ISBN: 025335045X

Author: Sadlier, Darlene J.

Condition: New

Product Description"Appearing for the first time in English, these stories express the anguish and courage of women from their different classes and regions as they recognize their common restlessness and forge a new consciousness." -Booklist"... provocative... Although not all the pieces are outwardly political, there is a political edge to the book; the tone of the stories is bleak as they tell of Brazilian womens struggles with government, society, men and their own private demons. Sadliers able translations retain a distinctive voice and style for each writer." -Publishers Weekly"Sadlier... has done a service to students of Comparative Literature and Womens Studies as well as to general readers who sincerely want to know what literature of quality is being written in that all-too-rarely studied Portuguese language of Brazil." -Revista de Estudios Hispanicos"The pieces... convey... the evolution in the consciousness of the writers, their sense of themselves, and their place in society as well as the changes affecting Brazils political climate and society at large during this century." -Review of Contemporary Fiction"A superb addition to the increasing number of anthologies dedicated to Brazilian literature." -Choice"A must for any modern literary collection." -WLW JournalWomen writers have revolutionized Brazilian literature, and this impressive collection will provide English readers with a window on this revolution. These twenty previously untranslated selections by some of Brazils most important writers illustrate the remarkable power of womens voices and the important contributions they have made to twentieth-century literature.About the AuthorDARLENE J. SADLIER, Professor of Spanish and Portuguese and Adjunct Professor of Women's Studies at Indiana University, is author of The Question of How: Women Writers and New Portuguese Literature.