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In some cities of Rio Grande do Sul, there are intensive rain, landslide and flooding now. And the rivers can overflow again... Sad!!!

New Russian pieces: 1) https://www.arsetvita.com/product-page/alamedas-escuras-ivan-b%C3%BAnin (Bunin); 2) https://www.arsetvita.com/product-page/i%C3%BAchka-e-outras-hist%C3%B3rias-andrei-plat%C3%B4nov (Platonov)

I've been checking Dhalgren by Samuel Delany and the intro is just brilliant: "to wound the autumnal city. So howled out for the world to give him a name. The in-dark answered with wind. All you know I know: careening astronauts and bank clerks glancing at the clock before lunch; actresses...

I agree! Climate changes are real! :(

I thought about starting a thread about it but our dear @Leseratte did it before. Thank you for this, my friend! ;) Well, the situation in Porto Alegre, Canoas and Santa Maria is catastrophic. Some districts hit by this intense flood are poor districts (Sarandí, in Porto Alegre and Mathias...

Bernard Pivot, French journalist and interviewer, who popularized Literature by his television Program called Apostrophes passed away today: https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2024/05/06/bernard-pivot-journaliste-createur-d-apostrophes-est-mort_6231907_3382.html

Welcome back, Morbid!

Unfortunately, our scholars think Brazilian literature died on 60's and Guimarães Rosa was the last great author of Brazilian Literature. But, contradicting all of them, after Guimarães Rosa, we had Tropicália, Geração Mimeógrafo, Brutalismo, Clube da Esquina (Geraldo Carneiro is a incredible...

George Washington Cable: https://www.delphiclassics.com/shop/george-washington-cable/

Wow! Wonderful pages!!! :)

She was one of the greatest Brazilianists around the world, was a distinct essayist who researched about Brazilian Modernism, and was a great enthusiast about Murilo Mendes' work, principally Mendes' Italian works.

In fact, the book was published on 70's. My borrowed copy is from Aguilar Edition. This book was republished last year by Editora Sétimo Selo: https://editorasetimoselo.com.br/historia-da-literatura-brasileira More information about her (Portuguese)...

Purchases: 🇺🇸Elbert Hubbard (author of A Message to Garcia) - Works [Kindle Edition]; 🇧🇷 José Paulo Paes - Complete Poems [Kindle Edition]; 🇱🇧Elias Khoury - Yalo (Yalu) Borrowings: 🇮🇹 Luciana Stegagno Picchio - History of Brazilian Literature [Aguilar's edition]; 🇧🇷 Vinicius de Moraes -...

I think it's outrageous a small country to have 2 or 3 translators from a "non-conventional" language and a big country like mine don't have any specialist translator from Croatian and another Balkan languages. Sad! For example, to corroborate my point, Miroslav Krleža is still unpublished in...

Who is the Croatian translator who translates from Portuguese? Does he/she translate books from Brazil too?