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Translated by Sophie Lewis From bestselling novelist Patrcia Melo comes a masterful thriller set in the far west of Brazil that is by turns poetic, inspiring, humourous and harrowing. To...

A groundbreaking text of educational philosophy and social reform, now in Penguin Modern Classics This seminal text argues that the perceived passivity of the poor is the direct result of...

Translated by Daniel HahnMachado de Assis is one of the most enigmatic and fascinating story writers who ever lived. What appear at first to be stately social satires reveal unanticipated...

Translated by Katrina Dodson A brilliant new translation of the Brazilian modernist epic that aims to capture the country's complex identity. Here at last is an exciting new translation of...

Translated by Johnny Lorenz 'I heard our grandmother asking what we were doing.'"Say something!" she demanded, threatening to tear out our tongues. Little did she know that one of us...

Originally published in 1899, Dom Casmurro is widely considered to be Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis's masterpiece and a progenitor of twentieth-century Latin American fiction. This exuberant new translation captures all the...

Translated by Bruna Dantas Lobato A powerful domestic thriller about motherhood and class tensions A good nanny is hard to find. Fernanda, a busy executive whose marriage is foundering, has...

The instant bestseller from Djamila Ribeiro that sparked a major Black feminist movement in Brazil “Part theory, part manifesto, part history. . . . [Where We Stand] has the makings of...

A page-turning Brazilian debut thriller about a missing model living a double life as a sex worker, and the sister whose frantic search uncovers more secrets and suspects A punchy...

A satirical tale of a young man flush with newfound wealth who promptly gets swindled, Quincas Borba is an inspired critique of nineteenth-century Brazil. Hailed in his lifetime as one...

In response to the damage caused by centuries of colonial ravaging and the current ecological, political and social crises, the leading Indigenous thinker and activist Ailton Krenak warns against the...

Translated by Daniel Hahn*Longlisted for the 2022 International Booker Prize*A smart and stylish account of the bigotry lurking in our hearts and institutions alike.Federico and Lourenço are brothers. Their father...

Translated by Alison EntrekinInspired by a real event, this is the story of a woman and a city that were violated.It is 2014. There is euphoria in Brazil, especially in...