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Barbara Shelby

Translations by Barbara Shelby

Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell; a Tall Tale. Brazil
by Jorge Amado
Translated by Barbara Shelby

Tent of Miracles [Buy Direct] Brazil
by Jorge Amado
Translated by Barbara Shelby
Original title: Tenda dos milagres
Set in the city of Salvador da Bahia, Brazil’s black capital, this novel brings together themes explored in Amado’s earlier work: the social mobility of blacks in Brazil and the struggle against racial discrimination,  (more...)

Quarup Brazil
by Antonio Callado
Translated by Barbara Shelby
Original title: Quarup
Antônio Callado’s political novel was published in 1967, a period of intense political turmoil within Brazil which culminated in the imposition of severe political and artistic censorship by the military dictatorship the following year.  (more...)

Don Juan’s Bar Brazil
by Antonio Callado
Translated by Barbara Shelby
Original title: Bar Don Juan
Journalist Antônio Callado’s Bar Don Juan (1971) is the second of a series of novels charting the fate of the Brazilian Left in the period immediately preceding and following the military coup of 1964.  (more...)

The Third Bank of the River and Other Stories Brazil
by Joao Guimaraes Rosa
Translated by Barbara Shelby
Original title: Primeiras estorias

Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell; a Tall Tale. Brazil
by Jorge Amado
Translated by Barbara Shelby
Original title: A morte e a morte de Quincas Berro d’agua



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