Modern Brazilian short stories
By: translated with an introd. by William L. Grossman.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 1967
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng; por
Number of pages: 167
Subjects: Short stories, Brazilian -- Translations into English; Brazil -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
Genres: Translations into English.; Fiction.
Description: Seventeen stories chosen to provide a wide, representative range of recent and contemporary Brazilian themes and styles.
Table of contents: title: The immunizer, by R. M. Junior.; title: It can hurt plenty, by M. de Andrade.; title: Metonymy; or, The husband's revenge, by R. de Queiroz.; title: The beautiful rabbits, by M. Rebêlo.; title: The thief, by G. Ramos.; title: The enchanted ox, by L. Jardin.; title: Gaetanninho, by A de Alcântara Machado.; title: The piano, by A. Machado.; title: The bahian, by R. Couto.; title: Guidance, by S. S. de Queiroz.; title: My father's hat, by A. B. de Holanda.; title: The happiest couple in the world, by M. S. P. Penna e Costa.; title: The third bank of the river, by J. G. Rosa.; title: With God's blessing, Mom, by J. C. C. Borges.; title: At the side of the road, by D. Azambuja.; title: The crime of the mathematics professor, by C. Lispector.; title: Sun, by V. Mala.