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Im Nordosten Brasiliens herrschen um 1900 die Grundbesitzer nach ihren eigenen Gesetzen. Doch der Bauernsohn Virgulino widersetzt sich eines Tages der Willkürherrschaft und sammelt eine verschworene Gemeinschaft von Gesetzlosen um sich. Unter dem Namen Lampião beginnt er einen Guerillakrieg gegen das Unrecht, der bald den gesamten Nordosten Brasiliens dominiert.Doch je erfolgreicher er ist, desto gnadenloser wird er gejagt, und auch vor Verrat kann er nicht mehr sicher sein.Dem Autor und Brasilienkenner Dirk Hegmanns gelingt mit diesem Roman ein authentisches und faszinierendes Bild von Brasilien in einer Zeit, die den Beginn großer Umwälzungen in der Gesellschaft des Landes markiert.

Kaktussen er en lyrikantologi, der indeholder værker af Brasiliens største digtere fra det 20. århundrede. Den prisvindende digter Peter Poulsen har lavet udvalget og oversat. Samlingen indeholder noget af bedste inden for verdenslitteraturen, og er samtidig en hyldest til Peter Poulsens oevre som oversætter.Antologien indeholder bidrag fra Manuel Bandeira, Oswald de Andrade, Hilda Hilst og mange flere.

An epic novel of the construction of the Panama Canal, casting light on the unsung people who lived, loved, and labored there, by Cristina Henríquez, acclaimed author of The Book of Unknown Americans It is said that the canal will be the greatest feat of engineering in history. But first, it must be built. For Francisco, a local fisherman who resents the foreign powers clamoring for a slice of his country, nothing is more upsetting than the decision of his son, Omar, to work as a digger in the excavation zone. But for Omar, whose upbringing was quiet and lonely, this job offers a chance to finally find connection.Ada Bunting is a bold sixteen-year-old from Barbados who arrives in Panama as a stowaway alongside thousands of other West Indians seeking work. Alone and with no resources, she is determined to find a job that will earn enough money for her ailing sister's surgery. When she sees a young man?Omar?who has collapsed after a grueling shift, she is the only one who rushes to his aid.John Oswald has dedicated his life to scientific research and has journeyed to Panama in single-minded pursuit of one goal: eliminating malaria. But now, his wife, Marian, has fallen ill herself, and when he witnesses Ada's bravery and compassion, he hires her on the spot as a caregiver. This fateful decision sets in motion a sweeping tale of ambition, loyalty, and sacrifice. Searing and empathetic,The Great Divide explores the intersecting lives of activists, fishmongers, laborers, journalists, neighbors, doctors, and soothsayers?those rarely acknowledged by history even as they carved out its course.

From a legendary cult figure in Latin American literature, the story of a writer who obsessively observes his own handwriting in search of answers about his identity.

An author visiting Jerusalem is pulled into a stranger's mysterious death in this gripping, moving novel by one of Colombia's major literary voices.Winner of the La Otra Orilla Literary AwardUpon recovering from a prolonged illness, an author is invited to a literary gathering in Jerusalem that turns out to be a most unusual affair. In the conference rooms of a luxury hotel, as war rages outside, he listens to a series of extraordinary life stories: the saga of a chess-playing duo, the tale of an Italian porn star with a socialist agenda, the drama of a Colombian industrialist who has been waging a longstanding battle with local paramilitaries, and many more. But it is José Maturana-evangelical pastor, recovering drug addict, ex-con-with his story of redemption at the hands of a charismatic tattooed messiah from Miami, Florida, who fascinates the author more than any other. Maturana's language is potent and vital, and his story captivating. Hours after his stirring presentation to a rapt audience, however, Maturana is found dead in his hotel room. At first it seems likely that he has taken his own life. But there are a few loose ends that don't support the suicide hypothesis, and the author is moved by Maturana's life story to discover the truth about his death, in a literary mystery from "one of the most interesting Latin American writers . . . his most ambitious novel yet" (La Nación)."A modern Decameron."-La Liberté

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On May 14, 2003, a familiar risk-filled journey, taken by hopeful Mexican immigrants attempting to illegally cross into the United States, took a tragic turn. Inside a sweltering truck abandoned in Texas, authorities found at least 74 people packed into a "human heap of desperation." After months of investigation, a 25-year-old Honduran-born woman named Karla Chavez was found responsible for leading the human trafficking cell that led to this grisly tragedy in which 19 people died.Through interviews with survivors who had the courage to share their stories and conversations with the victims' families, and in examining the political implications of the incident for both U.S. and Mexican immigration policies, Jorge Ramos tells the story of one of the most heartbreaking episodes of our nation's turbulent history of immigration.

The 100th anniversary edition of a classic.A classic of twentieth-century Latin American literature, José Eustasio Rivera's The Vortex follows the young poet Arturo Cova and his lover Alicia as they elope from Bogotá and embark on an adventure through Colombia's varied and magical landscapes, with their rich biodiversity. After becoming separated from Alicia in the rainforest, Arturo witnesses the appalling conditions of the workers forced or tricked into tapping rubber trees. Newly translated for its 100th anniversary, The Vortex is both a denunciation of the horrific human-rights abuses that took place during the Amazonian rubber boom, and one of most enduring renderings of the natural environment in Latin American literature.

""Sociedades Em Commandita Segundo O Codigo Commercial Do Imperio Do Brazil"" is a book written by Francisco Jose Da Rocha in 1884. The book is written in Portuguese and focuses on the legal concept of ""commandita"" partnerships in Brazil during the time of the Brazilian Empire. The author provides a comprehensive overview of the legal framework and regulations surrounding these types of partnerships, including their formation, management, and dissolution. The book is aimed at legal professionals, business owners, and anyone interested in understanding the intricacies of commercial law in Brazil during the 19th century.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

I tresserne mellem 1965 og 1969 byggede arkitekt Claus Heding en skonnert i midten af Bangkok. Han var ved lidt af en tilfældighed kommet til Thailand, men han indså hurtigt, at det var et fantastisk sted at bygge en båd. I 1968 slog hans lillebror Anders sig til ham. På det tidspunkt var båden lige blevet søsat, og Anders forventede hurtigt at komme til at sejle med fra Thailand tilbage til Danmark. Men sådan kom det ikke til at gå. Det tog et helt år, før båden var færdig, men så blev det også en spændende tur. Fra Thailand til Singapore og Bali og over Det Indiske ocean, hvor de strandede. Båden blev reddet, og de kunne fortsætte via Sydafrika, Sydamerika og Vestindien over Nordatlanten hjem til Danmark i 1971.Uddrag af bogenVi for op og forsøgte at få mere sejl sat op for at kunne få vendt båden. Men forgæves! Brændingen var begyndt at tage os, og pludselig råbte Claus, at vi skulle holde fast, og så styrede han båden direkte mod brændingen. Det viste sig at have været en klog beslutning, ellers var vi nok ikke kommet helskindede fra denne oplevelse. Det var bælgmørkt, men vi kunne mærke, hvordan båden blev fanget af den store brænding og løftet tre-fire meter for så at styrte ned på revet med sine tyve tons. Så en gang til op og ned med endnu et brag. Så væltede vi om på siden med dækket bort fra brændingen.Om forfatterenTyve år gammel drog forfatteren til Bangkok for at deltage i byggeriet af en skonnert, som han efter et år var med til at sejle hjem til Danmark. Siden da uddannede han sig som bådebygger og blev som sådan sendt til Tonga for FAO og siden Tanzania. Han endte med at tage en MA i filosofi og samfundsteori i England.

This whiskey-fueled road trip gives us "a rich, raw speech map . . . of a generation whose destiny lies elsewhere." -Alberto Barrera Tyszka, from the Afterword

Let Their Spirits Dance is the moving story of a family's journey across America. Thirty years after the death of the family's son and brother, Jesse, in Vietnam, the family has remained in many ways locked in a time of grief and pain. Having heard her son's voice, Alicia makes a vow to touch his name on the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C., and her decision inspires her warring children, along with hundreds of strangers across the country.Stella Pope Duarte portrays a family struggling with the universal scars suffered by all who have been touched by death through war. In this powerfully evocative novel, Pope Duarte connects family, friends, and an entire nation with the names on the Wall, honoring the men and women who served in Vietnam as well as those who watched and waited, but never forgot.

The lives of a scientist, his wife, and his patient collide, laying bare the carefully constructed political and personal narratives they have crafted for themselves.

"Terror is the given of the place." The place is El Salvador in 1982, at the ghastly height of its civil war. The writer is Joan Didion, who delivers an anatomy of that country's particular brand of terror-its mechanisms, rationales, and intimate relation to United States foreign policy.As ash travels from battlefields to body dumps, interviews a puppet president, and considers the distinctly Salvadoran grammar of the verb "to disappear," Didion gives us a book that is germane to any country in which bloodshed has become a standard tool of politics.

Providing an overview of the symbolism of different civilisational collapsing experiences, the book explores the complexity of the Mexican cultural context and analyses the different ways in which narratives of the end of a World exhibit several axiological dimensions. The book will focus on the multi-faceted character of the imaginary and its expressions as a way of exploring the content as well as the character of the eschatological and axiological narratives. The collection aims to be a book that deals with the different connections between imaginaries, narratives, and representations of the end of a world. Therefore the book's organisation will be an adempt to understand the different ways in which the end-time imaginaries turns into a complex scope of images, focusing on the content and the character of eschatological narratives.