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Macunaíma

Andrade, Mário de, 1893-19452023
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This landmark novel from 1928 has been hugely influential. It follows the adventures of the shapeshifting Macunaíma and his brothers as they leave their home in the northern Amazon for a whirlwind tour of Brazil, cramming four centuries and a continental expanse into a single mythic plane. Having lost a magic amulet, the hero and his brothers journey to Sao Paulo to retrieve the talisman that has fallen into the hands of an Italo-Peruvian captain of industry (who is also a cannibal giant).
Main title:
Macunaíma / Mário de Andrade ; translated by Katrina Dodson.
Imprint:
London : Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2023.
Collation:
280 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Portuguese.
ISBN:
9781804270264 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
869.341
Language:
EnglishPortuguese
BRN:
2606817
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