The slum
a novel
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Author
Contributions
- Rosenthal, David, 1945- - Contributor
Publication
2000 - Oxford University Press, Oxford, England
Language
English
Word Count
55,500 words, Guess
Page Count
222 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL386041M
- ISBN-100195121864
- OCLC Control Number40119824
- OCLC Control Numberisbn_9780195121865
- Library of Congress Control Number98048748
and 2 more
- Goodreads4947795
- LibraryThing452249
Classifications
- DDC869.3
- LCCPQ9697.A93 C613 2000
Description
"First published in 1890, and undoubtedly Azevedo's masterpiece, The Slum is one of the most widely read and critically acclaimed novels ever written about Brazil.". "The Slum thrives on two intersecting story lines. In one narrative, a penny-pinching immigrant landlord strives to become a rich investor and then discards his black lover for a wealthy white woman. In the other, we witness the innocent yet dangerous love affair between a strong, pragmatic, "gentle giant" sort of immigrant and a vivacious mulatto woman who both live in a tenement owned by the landlord. The two immigrant heroes are originally Portuguese, and thus personify two alternate outsider responses to Brazil. As translator David H. Rosenthal points out in his useful Introduction: one is the capitalist drawn to new markets, quick prestige, and untapped resources; the other, the prudent European drawn moth-like to "the light and sexual heat of the tropics.""--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects
Series Statement
- Library of Latin America
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