Modern Brazilian Short Stories |
Contents
TRANSLATORS INTRODUCTION | 1 |
METONYMY OR THE HUSBANDS REVENGE | 27 |
THE THIEF by Graciliano Ramos | 41 |
GAETANINHO by Antônio de Alcântara Machado | 71 |
THE BAHIAN by Ribeiro Couto | 93 |
MY FATHERS HAT by Aurélio Buarque de Holanda | 107 |
THE THIRD BANK OF THE RIVER | 125 |
AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD by Darcy Azambuja | 138 |
SUN by Vasconcelos Maia | 153 |
Common terms and phrases
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