Lima Barreto: Triste fim de Policarpo Quaresma (The Patriot; later: The Sad End of Policarpo Quaresma)
The latest addition to my website is Lima Barreto‘s Triste fim de Policarpo Quaresma (The Patriot; later: The Sad End of Policarpo Quaresma). The book is set in the 1890s and is a satire on the people of the era. Our eponymous hero is a respected civil servant, a bachelor who lives with his unmarried … Read more