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28.08.2019 ||
I went to the library and I caught this two books:
1° Angústia - Graciliano Ramos : a Brazilian author that I like more, so I'm very interested for read this book! And it's required reading for my entrance exam.
2° The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood : a dystopian novel that I'm very excited for reading, to read dystopian is very good to thing about the systems around the world and develop critical sense.
I also studied math. But I like more to read. Sorry person that like de exact science.
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Fui à biblioteca e peguei esses dois livros:
1° Angústia - Graciliano Ramos : É um escritor brasileiro que eu gosto muito, então estou muito interessada pra ler esse livro! E é uma das obras obrigatorias da Fuvest ( o vestibular da USP ).
2° O conto da Aia - Margaret Atwood : um romance distópico que eu estou muito animada pra ler, ler distopias é muito bom para pensar sobre os sistemas ao redor do mundo e desenvolver senso crítico.
Eu também estudei matemática. Mas eu gostou muito mais de ler. Desculpe pessoas de exatas.
The saddest book
"The dog wanted to sleep. She would wake up happy, in a world full of cavies, and would lick the hands of Fabiano—a Fabiano grown to enormous proportions. The boys would roll on the ground with her in an enormous yard, would wallow with her in an enormous goat pen. The world would be full of cavies, fat and huge."
About the Book
Title: Barren Lives Author: Graciliano Ramos Published: 1938 Original Title: Vidas Secas
Summary
Everything about this book is pure sadness. I’ll just tell you now: it doesn’t have a happy ending. The story follows a family living in Brazil’s Northeast, struggling to survive due to the relentless drought. There are many characters (some of whom aren’t even named), but the most iconic is the dog Baleia (Whale in Portuguese), who is nothing but skin and bones.
P.S. The dog chapter is absolutely heartbreaking.
Key Themes
Poverty
Drought
Survival
Northeast Region
Cicle