Triste Fim de Polycarpo Quaresma
Barreto, Lima, 1881-1922
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Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triste_Fim_de_Policarpo_Quaresma Wikipedia page about this book: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triste_Fim_de_Policarpo_Quaresma Release date is 2022-03-01
Laura Natal Rodrigues (Images generously made available by the Biblioteca Nacional do Brasil.) Laura Natal Rodrigues (Images generously made available by the Biblioteca Nacional do Brasil.)
"Triste Fim de Polycarpo Quaresma" by Lima Barreto is a novel first published in 1911. It follows Major Policarpo Quaresma, an idealistic patriot obsessed with Brazilian culture and progress. His noble but impractical dreams lead him through three phases of disillusionment: promoting indigenous language and traditions, attempting agricultural reform on his farm, and fighting in the Armada Revolt. This satirical work critiques nationalism, corruption, and false patriotism in early Republican Brazil, portraying a quixotic anti-hero whose virtues become his downfall. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Brazil -- Fiction Brazilian fiction
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Triste Fim de Polycarpo Quaresma - 1 online resource : multiple file formats
Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triste_Fim_de_Policarpo_Quaresma Wikipedia page about this book: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triste_Fim_de_Policarpo_Quaresma Release date is 2022-03-01
Laura Natal Rodrigues (Images generously made available by the Biblioteca Nacional do Brasil.) Laura Natal Rodrigues (Images generously made available by the Biblioteca Nacional do Brasil.)
"Triste Fim de Polycarpo Quaresma" by Lima Barreto is a novel first published in 1911. It follows Major Policarpo Quaresma, an idealistic patriot obsessed with Brazilian culture and progress. His noble but impractical dreams lead him through three phases of disillusionment: promoting indigenous language and traditions, attempting agricultural reform on his farm, and fighting in the Armada Revolt. This satirical work critiques nationalism, corruption, and false patriotism in early Republican Brazil, portraying a quixotic anti-hero whose virtues become his downfall. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Brazil -- Fiction Brazilian fiction
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