O Triste Fim de Policarpo Quaresma
by:
Lima Barreto (author)
In a criticism of Brazil's militaristic turn-of-the-century Republic, Barreto tells the story of Policarpo Quaresma, a fanatically-patriotic Major with unusual ideas about what Brazil should be--a tupi-guarani-speaking country with an agriculture-based economy. During the Squadron revolt against...
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In a criticism of Brazil's militaristic turn-of-the-century Republic, Barreto tells the story of Policarpo Quaresma, a fanatically-patriotic Major with unusual ideas about what Brazil should be--a tupi-guarani-speaking country with an agriculture-based economy. During the Squadron revolt against the Floriano government, Major Quaresma at first supports the government, but then become disallusioned with it after prisioners in his care are ordered slaughtered.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780850515053 (085051505X)
Publish date: March 14th 2007
Publisher: Luso-Brazilian Books
Pages no: 176
Edition language: Portuguese
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