The Three Marias (Texas Pan American Series) - Softcover

Queiroz, Rachel De

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0292780796 ISBN 13: 9780292780798

Publisher: University of Texas Press, 1963

Synopsis

Through this translation of As Três Marias the literary achievements of Rachel de Queiroz may at last be judged and appreciated by the English-reading public. Since none of her four novels has previously been translated into English, The Three Marias will be, for many non-Brazilians, an introduction to this nationally known South American author whose books have been widely praised for their artistic merits. Her literary works are colored by her projected personality, by an intense feeling for her own people, by an omnipresent social consciousness, and by personal experiences in the arid backlands of her native state of Ceará.

Basing this story on certain of her own recollections from the nineteen-twenties, Rachel de Queiroz tells of a girl growing up in the seaport town of Fortaleza, in northeastern Brazil. Professor Ellison, whose special field is Brazilian and Spanish-American literature, has captured in his translation the author's graceful style and simplicity of language, and has successfully retained the perspective of an idealistic and gradually maturing girl.

About this title

About the Author:

Translator Fred P. Ellison is Professor Emeritus of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Texas at Austin.

Review:

"A quietly perceptive story of the passage of three girls to womanhood in a society in which women's role is sharply and restrictively defined." (Feminist Bookstore News)

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Publication date: 1963
• ISBN 10: 0292780796
• ISBN 13: 9780292780798
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 202