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The Diary Of 'Helena Morley' (Paperback)
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The Diary Of 'Helena Morley' (Paperback)
Series: Virago Modern Classics
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Loot Price R362
Discovery Miles 3 620
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Total price: R382
Discovery Miles: 3 820
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From Elizabeth Bishop's introduction: 'When I first came to Brazil,
in 1952, I asked my Brazilian friends which Brazilian books I
should begin reading ...They frequently recommended this little
book, "Minha Vida de Menina" ...In English the title means "My Life
as a Little Girl" or "Young Girl", and that is exactly what the
book is about, but it is not reminiscences; it is a diary, the
diary actually kept by a little girl between the ages of 12 and 15,
in the far-off town of Diamantina, in 1893-1895 ...The more I read
the book the better I liked it. The scenes and events it described
were odd, remote, and long ago, and yet fresh, sad, funny and
eternally true. The longer I stayed on in Brazil the more Brazilian
the book seemed, yet much of it could have happened in any small
provincial town or village, and at almost any period of history -
at least before the arrival of the automobile and the
moving-picture theatre
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