The sad end of Policarpo Quaresma
Lima Barreto, 1881-19222014
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Policarpo Quaresma - fastidious civil servant, dedicated patriot, self-styled visionary - is a defender of all things Brazilian, full of schemes to improve his beloved homeland. Yet somehow each of his ventures, whether it is petitioning for Brazil's national language to be changed, buying a farm to prove the richness and fertility of the land, or offering support to government forces as they suppress a military revolt - results in ridicule and disaster. Quixotic and hapless, Quaresma's dreams will eventually be his undoing.
Main title:
The sad end of Policarpo Quaresma / Lima Barreto.
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Imprint:
London : Penguin Classics, 2014.
Collation:
226 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Portuguese.
ISBN:
9780141395708 (pbk)
Dewey class:
869.341
Language:
EnglishPortuguese
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BRN:
1055577