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Cuentos de amor de locura y de muerte - Horacio Quiroga

Cuentos de amor de locura y de muerte es un libro de cuentos de Horacio Quiroga publicado en 1917 por la "Sociedad Cooperativa Editorial Limitada" de Buenos Aires. La primera publicación incluye 18 relatos y en siguientes ediciones el propio autor realiza algunas modificaciones en los cuentos y excluye Los ojos sombríos, El infierno artificial y El perro rabioso. El tema de la muerte resalta en la mayoría de los relatos. Otro tema abordado es la deshumanización del hombre que cede su voluntad a los instintos más primitivos. Siguiendo estos impulsos es que surgen los problemas y la trama de varios cuentos. Por decisión expresa del autor, el título no lleva coma.

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Stories of Love, Madness, and Death - Horacio Quiroga

Stories of Love, Madness, and Death is a book of short stories by Horacio Quiroga published in 1917 by the Sociedad Cooperativa Editorial Limitada of Buenos Aires. The first publication includes 18 stories and, in subsequent editions, the author himself makes some modifications to the stories and excludes three of them. The theme of death stands out in most stories. Another theme addressed is the dehumanization of man who yields his will to his most primitive instincts. Following these impulses is where the problems and the plot of several stories arise.

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About Mario Duarte

What's good? The time has come, we're heading into a full album again, from here, every Thursday and Sunday until September 4th you'll have songs from Mario Duarte's album 'Golpe de Ala'

As of now, I was able to find all songs but one, but that one is scheduled to be released in about 3 weeks, so I'll do my best to find the file on the Wayback Machine. If not, well, same thing that happened with 'Wonderview' by Otis, and we'll shift all the songs 1 day back. (UPDATE Jan 6, 2024: On July 28, 2023, Mario Duarte re-released 'Golpe de Ala' on multiple platforms, therefore we now have this song, and I'll be updating any post that mentions it)

Album here on spotify and youtube

SUPER IMPORTANTE - sección en español

Obviamente deseo hacer una sección en el idioma cada vez que sea posible, sean canciones o sean albumes completos.

Sin embargo, quiero combinar 2 formatos para esto, escrito en inglés y audio en español, por lo cual al inicio de cada post voy a agregar un pequeño audio básicamente con el mismo post, pero en español.

Sería extraño que no fuera así. Adicional a esto, las letras van a estar en español también, con subtítulos en inglés. No hago lo contrario cuando son canciones en inglés por que es el idioma principal de curated by hatto, pero si alguna vez desean que traduzca alguna letra, con mucho gusto puedo hacerlo <3. Sueno como un señor que escribe un blog de política y critica a los jóvenes, ew. Anyway,

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Who is Mario Duarte?

You may know Mario Duarte a lot better if you're from latin america, specifically for portraying Nicolás Mora, in the Colombian soap opera 'Yo soy Betty, la fea' (the original version of 'Ugly Betty'). However, his work is way wider than just that, so let's dive into it.

Mario Duarte De La Torre (De La Torre is his mother's last name, as in LatAm we have both of our parents' first last names) is a Colombian actor and musician from Baranquilla, most known for the character already mentioned, and for being the vocalist for the rock band 'La Derecha' (lit. 'The Right' or 'The Right One', as in 'right hand').

He was born on July 17th, 1965, to a couple from Santander (also in Colombia), who constantly traveled around the country until they settled in Bogotá when Mario was 10 years old (so around 1975)

In 1992 he formed 'La Derecha' alongside 6 other musicians, among them was Josué, Mario's younger brother. But, I'll stop with 'La Derecha' here, and move onto more Mario's info.

Some of Mario's acquaintances recommended him to attend TV and even movie castings, and in 1998 he got his first role on TV, as Camilo, a bully in the soap opera 'La Madre' (the mother).

Eventually, in 1999, he landed his most iconic role as Nicolás Mora in 'Yo soy Betty, la fea', and its sequel 'Ecomoda'. Also, in the year 2000 he landed his first movie role in 'Calibre 35' (Caliber 35 or 35 gauge).

After that, many other roles have come for Mario, both for tv and movies. Nowadays, Mario is working on new music, both in solitaire and with 'La Derecha', which came back from its hiatus in 2010. Also in the 2021 remake of the classic soap opera 'Café con Aroma de Mujer' (lit. 'Coffee with a Woman's Aroma')

So, without further delay, let's now head into 'Golpe de Ala', Mario Duarte's only album in solitaire (so far)

Not much can be said about the album, at least not using words, because the music speaks for himself. Its name in English would be an euphemism for 'Underarm smell', not a very elegant name, but a very Colombian expression, that's for sure.

Combining elements from latin rock and other latin tropical genres (like cumbia, salsa, merengue or vallenato) the album showcases both Mario's singing and spoken word.

Though, presented as a work in solitaire, other members can be seen in live performances, like the one that appears in an episode of 'Yo soy Betty, la fea', in where other musicians can be seen.

Head onto the next post in where we'll check the first track of the album, also titled 'Golpe de Ala'

sources 'mario duarte' on wikipedia 'mario duarte - golpe de ala' on SwapCD 'golpe de ala' - on Discogs 'el rockero mario duarte' on telepolis.com / orange.es (archived)

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Las venas abiertas de América Latina - Eduardo Galeano

Las venas abiertas de América Latina es un libro publicado en 1971 por el escritor uruguayo Eduardo Galeano. En la obra, el autor opina de modo global sobre la historia de América Latina desde la colonización hasta la América Latina contemporánea, argumentando con crónicas y narraciones el constante saqueo de los recursos naturales de la región por parte de los imperios coloniales, entre los siglos XVI y XIX, y los Estados imperialistas, como el Reino Unido y los Estados Unidos principalmente, desde el siglo XIX en adelante. La obra recibió mención honorífica del Premio Casa de las Américas.

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Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent - Eduardo Galeano

Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent is a book written by Uruguayan journalist, writer, and poet Eduardo Galeano, published in 1971, that consists of an analysis of the impact that European settlement, imperialism, and slavery have had in Latin America. The book was published during the ideological divide caused by the Cold War, when most of Latin American countries had brutal, right-wing dictatorships. Open Veins was banned in several countries and quickly became a reference for an entire generation of left-wing thinkers. In the book, Galeano analyzes the history of the Americas as a whole, from the time period of the European settlement of the New World to contemporary Latin America, describing the effects of European and later United States economic exploitation and political dominance over the region. Throughout the book, Galeano analyses notions of colonialism, imperialism, and the dependency theory.

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Pedro Páramo - Juan Rulfo

Pedro Páramo es la primera novela del escritor mexicano Juan Rulfo, publicada por primera vez en 1955. El autor comenzó la obra a finales de los años 1940 y, tras recibir una beca del Centro Mexicano de Escritores, logró finalizarla y, más tarde, publicar adelantos de la misma de 1953 a 1954 en diversas revistas mexicanas bajo los títulos preliminares de Una estrella junto a la luna, Los murmullos y Comala. Es la primera novela de Rulfo, así como su segunda obra después de El llano en llamas; una recopilación de cuentos de la que tocó los temas de la muerte, la ruralidad y la pérdida de esperanzas tras la Revolución Mexicana. Asimismo, anticipó su segunda novela, El gallo de oro, escrita entre 1956 y 1958 pero publicada recién en 1980. En España, la dictadura franquista prohibió la obra por contener, a juicio del censor, «descripciones crudas de hechos y situaciones inmorales» en diversos pasajes. La censura del régimen no autorizó la distribución de la novela hasta catorce años más tarde, en 1969. Actualmente la obra forma parte de la lista de las 100 mejores novelas en español del siglo XX del periódico español El Mundo. Además, se han realizado traducciones a más de treinta idiomas, varias adaptaciones cinematográficas y una teatral.

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Pedro Páramo - Juan Rulfo

Pedro Páramo is a novel written by Mexican writer Juan Rulfo. The novel tells the story of Juan Preciado, a man who promises his mother on her deathbed to meet Preciado's father for the first time in the town of Comala, only to come across a literal ghost town. That is, populated by spectral characters. During the course of the novel, these ghostly inhabitants reveal details about life and afterlife in Comala, including that of Preciado's reckless father: Pedro Páramo, and his centrality for the town. Initially, the novel was met with cold critical reception and sold only two thousand copies during the first four years; later, however, the book became highly acclaimed. Pedro Páramo has been translated into more than 30 different languages and the English version has sold more than a million copies in the United States. Gabriel García Márquez has said that he felt blocked as a novelist after writing his first four books and that it was only his life-changing discovery of Pedro Páramo in 1961 that opened his way to the composition of his masterpiece, One Hundred Years of Solitude. Moreover, García Márquez claimed that he "could recite the whole book, forwards and backwards." Jorge Luis Borges considered Pedro Páramo to be one of the greatest texts written in any language.

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Crónica de una muerte anunciada - Gabriel García Márquez

Crónica de una muerte anunciada es una novela del escritor colombiano Gabriel García Márquez, publicada por primera vez en 1981. Fue incluida en la lista de las 100 mejores novelas en español del siglo XX del periódico español El Mundo. La novela representó un acercamiento entre lo periodístico, lo narrativo, y una aproximación a la novela policial. La historia contada se inspira en un suceso real, ocurrido en 1951 en el Municipio de Sucre, ubicado al sur del Departamento de Sucre, en Colombia, del que el autor tomó la acción central (el crimen), los protagonistas, el escenario y las circunstancias, alterándolo narrativamente, pero sin descuidar nunca los datos y las precisiones obligadas en toda crónica periodística.

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Chronicle of a Death Foretold - Gabriel García Márquez

Chronicle of a Death Foretold is a novella by Gabriel García Márquez, published in 1981. It tells, in the form of a pseudo-journalistic reconstruction, the story of the murder of Santiago Nasar by the Vicario twins. It was included in the list of the 100 best novels in Spanish of the 20th century by the Spanish newspaper El Mundo. Unlike the traditional detective novel, Chronicle of a Death Foretold doesn't investigate the murder, which is made clear from the first sentence. Instead, the true mystery is why the whole town allowed the murder to occur with, at best, only half-hearted attempts to stop it or even warn the victim.

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La Amortajada - María Luisa Bombal

La Amortajada es una novela de la escritora chilena María Luisa Bombal, publicada en 1938. Argumentalmente, está muy marcada por la sumisión psicológica del hombre hacia las figuras femeninas. En cuanto a estructura, esta novela cuenta con un contexto donde se viaja entre realidad y ficción, según lo que la autora quiere comunicar con Ana María, personaje principal de la novela, y los recuerdos de quienes se acercan a verla a su féretro. Es precisamente ese distanciamiento entre los vivos y Ana María, el que determina la forma no común en que en libro está fragmentado. Es una novela importante en la literatura de Chile, puesto que refleja las condiciones sociales de los años treinta, lo que la convierte en una obra reconocida incluso internacionalmente.

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La Amortajada - María Luisa Bombal

La Amortajada is a novel by Chilean writer María Luisa Bombal, published in 1938. It is very marked by the psychological submission of men towards female figures. In terms of structure, this novel has a context where you travel between reality and fiction, according to what the author wants to communicate with Ana María, the main character of the novel, and the memories of those who come to see her at her coffin. It is precisely this distance between the living and Ana María that determines the unusual way in which the book is fragmented. It is an important novel in the literature of Chile, since it reflects the social conditions of the thirties, which makes it a work recognized even internationally.

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La casa de los espíritus - Isabel Allende

La casa de los espíritus es la primera novela de la escritora chilena Isabel Allende, publicada en Barcelona por la editorial Plaza & Janés en 1982. Tuvo un éxito inmediato de superventas a nivel internacional, ha sido traducida a numerosos idiomas. Calificada dentro del realismo mágico, la novela incorpora elementos inverosímiles y extraños a lo ordinario. La historia relata la vida de la familia Trueba a lo largo de cuatro generaciones desde inicios del siglo XX hasta los años 70 y sigue los movimientos sociales y políticos del período poscolonial de Chile. Está narrada desde la perspectiva de dos de sus protagonistas, Esteban y Alba Trueba (abuelo y nieta), y de un tercer narrador omnisciente testigo. Los acontecimientos retratados en ella tratan sobre el amor, la familia, la muerte, los fantasmas, las clases sociales, la revolución, la política, los ideales y lo maravilloso.

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The House of the Spirits - Isabel Allende

The House of the Spirits is the debut novel of Isabel Allende. The novel was rejected by several Spanish-language publishers before being published in Buenos Aires in 1982. It became an instant best-seller, was critically acclaimed, and catapulted Allende to literary stardom. The novel was named Best Novel of the Year in Chile in 1982, and Allende received the country's Panorama Literario award. The House of the Spirits has been translated into over 20 languages. The story details the life of the Trueba family, spanning four generations, and tracing the post-colonial social and political upheavals of Chile – though the country's name and the names of figures closely paralleling historical ones, such as "the Candidate/President" (Salvador Allende) or "the Poet" (Pablo Neruda), are never explicitly given. The story is told mainly from the perspective of two protagonists (Esteban and Alba) and incorporates elements of magical realism.

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La vorágine - José Eustasio Rivera

La vorágine es una novela del escritor colombiano José Eustasio Rivera. Fue publicada en 1924 y está considerada un clásico de la literatura colombiana y latinoamericana. La novela (con algunas influencias del romanticismo y el modernismo) forma parte de las obras del realismo social latinoamericano. Con abundantes regionalismos en el lenguaje, el relato cambia de narradores, que se sucede e intercala. La historia desarrolla la relación de una pareja de amantes: el poeta Arturo Cova y Alicia, que se fugan a la selva amazónica. A través de ellos, Rivera expone la situación de colonos e indígenas, maltratados y sometidos a un trato deshumano por sus patrones durante la fiebre del caucho, a fines del siglo XIX y comienzos del XX.

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The Vortex - José Eustasio Rivera

The Vortex is a novel written in 1924 by the Colombian author José Eustasio Rivera. It is set in at least three different bioregions of Colombia during the rubber boom. This novel narrates the adventures of Arturo Cova, a hot-headed proud chauvinist and his lover Alicia, as they elope from Bogotá, through the eastern plains and later, escaping from criminal misgivings, through the amazon rainforest of Colombia. In this way Rivera is able to describe the magic of these regions, with their rich biodiversity, and the lifestyle of the inhabitants. However, one of the main objectives of the novel is to reveal the appalling conditions that workers in the rubber factories experience. The Vortex also introduces the reader to the tremendous hardship of enduring the overwhelming and adverse environment of the rainforest, as the protagonists (Arturo Cova and Alicia) get lost and are unable to be found. As the book says: ¡Los devoró la selva! (literally, "The jungle devoured them!").

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Sirena Selena vestida de pena - Mayra Santos-Febres

La primera novela de Santos-Febres fue Sirena Selena vestida de pena (España: Grijalbo Mondadori, 2000) sobre una drag queen adolescente que trabaja en las calles y canta boleros. La novela quedó como finalista del Premio Rómulo Gallegos de Novela en el 2001. Sirena Selena vestida de pena es el emotivo reflejo de una parte de la sociedad caribeana y una gran reflexión sobre los enigmas de la sexualidad. Escrita con un lenguaje travieso y conmovedor, esta novela evidencia la intrínseca relación entre el amor y el sufrimiento.

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Sirena Selena - Mayra Santos-Febres

Santos-Febres' first novel was Sirena Selena (Spain: Grijalbo Mondadori, 2000) about a teenaged drag queen who works in the streets and sings boleros. A finalist for the 2001 Rómulo Gallego’s Prize for the Novel, it won the PEN Club of Puerto Rico’s prize for Best Novel. In the novel, Silena, determined to escape the poverty and abuse s/he suffered as a child, engages a rich investor in a long seduction in this mordant, intensely lyrical tragi-comedy - part masque, part cabaret - about identity (class, race, gender) and "the hunger and desire to be other things."

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Me llamo Rigoberta Menchú y así me nació la conciencia - Rigoberta Menchú Tum / Elizabeth Burgos

Me llamo Rigoberta Menchú y así me nació la conciencia (Casa de las Américas Americanas, 1983) es un libro de Elizabeth Burgos que relata la vida de la maya quiché Rigoberta Menchú Tum. Pertenece al género testimonio cuyo objetivo fue denunciar los maltratos y las atrocidades a los que están sometidos los indígenas guatemaltecos. Aunque la historia se centra en su vida y la de su comunidad indígena, hace eco a la situación similar en la que se encuentran otras comunidades indígenas de toda América Latina. El libro fue el resultado de una entrevista de Menchú con la antropóloga venezolana Elizabeth Burgos que se realizó durante una semana en enero de 1982 en París. El libro es una transcripción de las 25 horas de grabación de la entrevista con Menchú.

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My Name is Rigoberta Menchú and that's how my Conscience was Born - Rigoberta Menchú Tum / Elizabeth Burgos

My Name is Rigoberta Menchú and that's how my Conscience was Born (Casa de las Américas Americanas, 1983) is a book by Elizabeth Burgos that tells the life of the Quiché Maya Rigoberta Menchú Tum. It belongs to the testimony genre whose objective was to denounce the mistreatment and atrocities to which Guatemalan indigenous people are subjected. Although the story focuses on her life and that of her indigenous community, it echoes the similar situation in which other indigenous communities throughout Latin America find themselves. The book was the result of Menchú's interview with Venezuelan anthropologist Elizabeth Burgos that took place over a week in January 1982 in Paris. The book is a transcript of the 25-hour recording of the interview with Menchú.

Read more about Menchú on Wikipedia.

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Cien años de soledad - Gabriel García Márquez

Cien años de soledad es una novela del escritor colombiano Gabriel García Márquez, ganador del Premio Nobel de Literatura en 1982. Es considerada una obra maestra de la literatura hispanoamericana y universal, así como una de las obras más traducidas y leídas en español. Fue catalogada como una de las obras más importantes de la lengua castellana durante el IV Congreso Internacional de la Lengua Española celebrado en Cartagena de Indias en marzo de 2007. Fue incluida en la lista de las 100 mejores novelas en español del siglo XX del periódico español El Mundo, en la lista de los 100 libros del siglo XX del diario francés Le Monde y en los 100 mejores libros de todos los tiempos del Club de libros de Noruega.

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One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel García Márquez

One Hundred Years of Solitude is a 1967 novel by Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez that tells the multi-generational story of the Buendía family, whose patriarch, José Arcadio Buendía, founded the fictitious town of Macondo. The novel is often cited as one of the supreme achievements in world literature. The magical realist style and thematic substance of One Hundred Years of Solitude established it as an important representative novel of the literary Latin American Boom of the 1960s and 1970s, which was stylistically influenced by Modernism (European and North American) and the Cuban Vanguardia (Avant-Garde) literary movement.

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Dézafi - Frankétienne

Dézafi pa Frankétienne se premye woman ki ekri ak pibliye an kreyòl ayisyen. Li te pibliye an 1975, depi lè li te tradui an anglè ak fransè. Li te resevwa yon kantite prim ki gen ladan prim nan pi bon liv tradui an 2019. Dézafi (ki vle di 'batay kòk' an kreyòl ayisyen) te òganize ann Ayiti e te santre sou yon prèt vodou, Sintil, ki tap teworize vilaj Bouanèf la epi fè abitan yo tounen esklav lè yo tounen zonbi. Liv la fini lè zonbi reveye epi fè pèp la ranvèse Sintil, dechire li an miyèt moso. Ekri avèk yon entrig sibtil, pifò nan Dézafi ekri nan yon estil abstrè ki kaptire eksperyans ayisyen an san yo pa kominike dirèkteman istwa a. Estrikti sa a se yon karakteristik mouvman espiralis kote Frankétienne te fè pati.

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Dézafi - Frankétienne

Dézafi by Frankétienne is the first novel to be written and published in Haitian Creole. Released in 1975, it has since been translated into both English and French and received a number of awards including the Best Translated Book Award of 2019. Dézafi (which means 'cock fight' in Haitian Creole) is set in Haiti and centers around a voodoo priest, Sintil, who is terrorizing the village of Bouanèf and enslaving residents by turning them into zonbis. The book ends when the zonbis wake up and rile the populace into overthrowing Sintil, ripping him to pieces. Written with a subtle plot line, most of Dézafi is written in an abstract style that captures the Haitian experience without directly communicating storyline. This structure is a function of the spiralist movement which Frankétienne belonged to.

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En el tiempo de las mariposas - Julia Álvarez

En el tiempo de las mariposas es una novela de la escritora dominicana Julia Álvarez publicada en 1994 sobre la historia de las hermanas Mirabal. Las hermanas Mirabal, también conocidas como Las Mirabal o Las Mariposas, fueron tres hermanas dominicanas que se opusieron a la dictadura de Rafael Leónidas Trujillo. El libro está escrito en primera y tercera persona, por y sobre las hermanas Mirabal. Publicada por primera vez en 1994, la historia fue adaptada a una película en 2001.

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In the Time of the Butterflies - Julia Álvarez

In the Time of the Butterflies is a historical fiction novel by Julia Alvarez, relating a fictionalized account of the Mirabal sisters during the time of the Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republic. The book is written in the first and third person, by and about the Mirabal sisters. First published in 1994, the story was adapted into a feature film in 2001. The book was nominated for the 1994 National Book Critics Circle Award.

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Úrsula - Maria Firmina dos Reis

Úrsula é um romance da escritora maranhense Maria Firmina dos Reis publicado em 1859. É considerado o primeiro romance escrito por uma mulher no Brasil. O romance foi publicado com o pseudônimo "uma maranhense". O romance foi ter segunda edição, essa facsimilar, apenas 1975 graças a organização de Horácio de Almeida. Úrsula é considerado um romance precursor da temática abolicionista na literatura brasileira, pois é anterior à poesia de Castro Alves e ao As vítimas-algozes de Joaquim Manoel de Macedo. Maria Firmina desconstrói uma história literária etnocêntrica e masculina até mesmo em suas ramificações afro-descendentes. Úrsula não seria apenas o primeiro romance abolicionista da literatura brasileira - fato que nem todos os historiadores admitem - mas é também o primeiro romance da literatura afro-brasileira, entendida esta como produção de autoria afro-descendente, que tematiza o negro a partir de uma perspectiva interna e comprometida politicamente em recuperar e narrar a condição do ser negro no Brasil.

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Úrsula - Maria Firmina dos Reis

Úrsula is a novel by the Maranhão writer Maria Firmina dos Reis published in 1859. It is considered the first novel written by a woman in Brazil. The novel was published under the pseudonym "uma maranhense". Úrsula is considered a precursor novel of the abolitionist theme in Brazilian literature, since it predates the poetry of Castro Alves and the victims-tormentors of Joaquim Manoel de Macedo. Maria Firmina deconstructs an ethnocentric and masculine literary history even in its Afro-descendant ramifications. Úrsula would not only be the first abolitionist novel of Brazilian literature - a fact that not all historians admit - but it is also the first novel of Afro-Brazilian literature, understood as a production of Afro-descendant authorship.

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Doña Bárbara - Rómulo Gallegos

Doña Bárbara es una novela escrita por el venezolano Rómulo Gallegos y publicada por Editorial Araluce, el 15 de febrero de 1929. Ha sido reeditada más de cuarenta veces y traducida a otros idiomas. Consta de tres partes y se ambienta en los llanos de Apure en Venezuela, en los predios del río Arauca. Doña Bárbara es la novela venezolana más popular: desde su aparición, en 1929, se leyó con avidez quizás porque entre líneas Gallegos expresaba su rebeldía al régimen dictatorial de Juan Vicente Gómez y al atraso que vivía el país. La novela examina el tópico sociológico, de raíz positivista, civilización frente a barbarie en la vida venezolana rural. Entre otros méritos, se destaca la maestría del escritor en cuanto a la creación de personajes, así como también la descripción del paisaje llanero.

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Doña Bárbara - Rómulo Gallegos

Doña Bárbara (Lady Bárbara) is a novel by Venezuelan author Rómulo Gallegos, first published in 1929. It was described in 1974 as "possibly the most widely known Latin American novel". This regionalist novel deals with the confrontation between civilization and the barbaric aspects of the rural environment and its inhabitants. It is written in the third person and mixes vernacular language and regionalisms with literary narrative, making the main conflict more obvious and at the same time more tangible. This novel is considered a masterpiece of Venezuelan literature and a classic in Latin American literature. It establishes a psychological study of the people of the Venezuelan plains: victims of unfortunate situations, but at the same time strong and courageous.

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Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas - Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis

Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas é um romance escrito por Machado de Assis, desenvolvido em princípio como folhetim, de março a dezembro de 1880, na Revista Brasileira, para, no ano seguinte, ser publicado como livro, pela então Tipografia Nacional como Memorias Posthumas de Braz Cubas. O livro tem como marcas um tom cáustico e novo estilo na obra de Machado de Assis, bem como audácia e inovação temática no cenário literário nacional, que o fez receber, à época, resenhas estranhadas. Confessando adotar a "forma livre" de Laurence Sterne em seu Tristram Shandy (1759–67), ou de Xavier de Maistre, em Memórias Póstumas rompe com a narração linear e objetivista de autores proeminentes da época, como Flaubert e Zola, para retratar o Rio de Janeiro e sua época em geral com pessimismo, ironia e indiferença — um dos fatores que fizeram com que fosse amplamente considerada a obra que iniciou o Realismo no Brasil, ainda que com elementos livres e próprios a Machado de Assis.

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The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas - Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis

The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas, also translated as Epitaph of a Small Winner, is a novel by the Brazilian writer Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (born in Rio de Janeiro City, then Imperial Capital of Brazil). Published in 1881, the novel has a unique style of short, erratic chapters shifting in tone and style. Instead of the clear and logical construction of a normal nineteenth-century realist novel, the novel makes use of surreal devices of metaphor and playful narrative construction. It is considered the first novel of the realist movement in Brazil.

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