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100 1 _aBrandão, Raul,
_d1867-1930
245 1 0 _aHumus
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2012
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2012-05-05
508 _aProduced by Ricardo F. Diogo, Rita Farinha and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Humus" by Raul Brandão is a novel written in the early 20th century. The narrative presents a richly detailed depiction of life in a dilapidated villa, exploring themes of monotony, death, and the human condition. The characters are mainly the inhabitants of this villa, who embody various facets of stagnation and despair while wrestling with the push and pull of life and death. At the start of the story, the reader is introduced to the atmospheric environment of the villa, characterized by decay and silence. The narrator reflects on the life of its inhabitants, depicting their routines as repetitive and void of vitality. This opening segment vividly portrays the intersection of human hopes and disillusionment, suggesting that beneath the surface of mundane existence lies a deeper yearning for meaning and escape. Through haunting imagery and poignant observations, the narrative sets the stage for an exploration of the contrast between insipid daily life and the profound, often neglected, emotional undercurrents that shape the characters’ realities. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aPortuguese literature
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39618
999 _c80457
_d80457