The unedited diaries of Carolina Maria de Jesus
By: [edited by] Robert M. Levine and José Carlos Sebe Bom Meihy ; translated by Nancy P.S. Naro and Cristina Mehrtens.
Contributors: Levine, Robert M.; Meihy, José Carlos Sebe Bom, 1943-; Naro, Nancy.; Mehrtens, Cristina.; Jesus, Carolina Maria de.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
Subjects: Jesus, Carolina Maria de -- Diaries; Blacks -- Brazil -- São Paulo -- Diaries; Poor -- Brazil -- São Paulo -- Diaries; Blacks -- Brazil -- São Paulo -- Social conditions; Poor -- Brazil -- São Paulo -- Social life and customs; City and town life -- Brazil -- São Paulo; São Paulo (Brazil) -- Social conditions; São Paulo (Brazil) -- Social life and customs
Description: "Important volume attempts to lay to rest doubts about authorship of Carolina's best-selling Quarto de despejo, translated as Child of the dark. Diary entries cover years 1958-66. Translations aim to reproduce tone and register of the original, without embellishment or correction, and are followed by a fascinating discussion of Carolina's significance"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-225) and index.
Contains selections from Meu estranho diário (Rio de Janeiro : Editora Xamã, 1997) which contained selections from the 1958-1963 diaries, and are now published with new introductory material, notes, and portions of the 1966 diary in addition.