The Poor

Name: The Poor
Brand: Dalkey Archive Press
SKU: 9781564787644
Price: 2350 KES
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ISBN: 9781564787644

by Raul Brandão

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series POR Portuguese Literature Series

ISBN-10 1564787648

ISBN-13 9781564787644

Publisher Dalkey Archive Press

Imprint Dalkey Archive Press

Country of Manufacture US

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Sep 8th, 2016

Print length 177 Pages

Weight 242 grams

Dimensions 14.00 x 21.50 x 1.40 cms

Product Classification: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general

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The Poor (Os Pobres, 1906), is a powerful tribute to the underclasses. Innovative thematically and stylistically, the novel consists of loosely connected vignettes on two narrative levels: the lives of prostitutes, where the inexorable need for love is transformed into a means for survival; and the life of Gebo, a seemingly slovenly man.

The Poor (Os Pobres, 1906), by Portuguese author Raúl Brandão is a powerful tribute to the underclasses. Innovative thematically and stylistically, the novel consists of loosely connected vignettes on two narrative levels: the lives of prostitutes, where the inexorable need for love is transformed into a means for survival; and the life of Gebo, a seemingly slovenly man, with neither sentiment nor intelligence. Instead, as he searches tirelessly for work — and loves his daughter and wife with tenderness and constancy — he is revealed as a victim of the economic situation in Portugal. With prescience, Brandão emphasizes the interdependence between nature and humankind by intertwining descriptions of the physical and human surroundings, while his depictions of desperation, sorrow and violence prefigure the works of contemporary Portuguese writers.

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