Iraçéma, the honey-lips
Subtitle: a legend of Brazil
By: by J. de Alencar ; translated, with the author's permission, by Isabel Burton.
Publisher: H. Fertig
Published: 1976
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng; por
Number of pages: 101
Description: One of the greatest novels of Brazilian Literature, Iracema metaphorically recounts the origins of Brazil. The story revolves around the colonist Martim and his love for the Indian maiden Iracema. From their union is born a son, the new man of the New World. But while the son survives, the union costs the life of his mother, or in other words, the life of the indigenous peoples of Brazil.
Notes: Reprint of the 1886 ed. published by Bickers, London.