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- catalog abstract "A miserly immigrant landlord in Brazil strives to become rich while, in one of his buildings, another immigrant and a mulatto woman fall in love. First published in 1890, and undoubtedly Azevedo's masterpiece, The Slum is one of the most widely read and critically acclaimed novels ever written about Brazil. Indeed, its great popularity, realistic descriptions, archetypal situations, detailed local coloring, and overall race-consciousness may well evoke Huckleberry Finn as the novel's North American equivalent. Yet Azevedo also exhibits the naturalism of Zola and the ironic distance of Balzac; while tragic, beautiful, and imaginative as a work of fiction, The Slum is universally regarded as one of the best, or truest, portraits of Brazilian society ever rendered. This is a vivid and complex tale of passion and greed, a story with many different strands touching on the different economic tiers of society. Mainly, however, The Slum thrives on two intersecting story lines. In one narrative, a penny-pinching immigrant landlord strives to become a rich investor and then discards his black lover for a wealthy white woman. In the other, we witness the innocent yet dangerous love affair between a strong, pragmatic, "gentle giant" sort of immigrant and a vivacious mulatto woman who both live in a tenement owned by said landlord. The two immigrant heroes are originally Portuguese, and thus personify two alternate outsider responses to Brazil. As translator David H. Rosenthal points out in his useful Introduction: one is the capitalist drawn to new markets, quick prestige, and untapped resources; the other, the prudent European drawn moth-like to "the light and sexual heat of the tropics."--- Publisher description from http://www.oup.com (Oct. 5, 2011).".
- catalog alternative "Cortiço. English".
- catalog contributor b11653523.
- catalog contributor b11653524.
- catalog contributor b11653525.
- catalog coverage "Brazil Social life and customs 19th century Fiction.".
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description "A miserly immigrant landlord in Brazil strives to become rich while, in one of his buildings, another immigrant and a mulatto woman fall in love.".
- catalog description "First published in 1890, and undoubtedly Azevedo's masterpiece, The Slum is one of the most widely read and critically acclaimed novels ever written about Brazil. Indeed, its great popularity, realistic descriptions, archetypal situations, detailed local coloring, and overall race-consciousness may well evoke Huckleberry Finn as the novel's North American equivalent. Yet Azevedo also exhibits the naturalism of Zola and the ironic distance of Balzac; while tragic, beautiful, and imaginative as a work of fiction, The Slum is universally regarded as one of the best, or truest, portraits of Brazilian society ever rendered. This is a vivid and complex tale of passion and greed, a story with many different strands touching on the different economic tiers of society. Mainly, however, The Slum thrives on two intersecting story lines. In one narrative, a penny-pinching immigrant landlord strives to become a rich investor and then discards his black lover for a wealthy white woman. In the other, we witness the innocent yet dangerous love affair between a strong, pragmatic, "gentle giant" sort of immigrant and a vivacious mulatto woman who both live in a tenement owned by said landlord. The two immigrant heroes are originally Portuguese, and thus personify two alternate outsider responses to Brazil. As translator David H. Rosenthal points out in his useful Introduction: one is the capitalist drawn to new markets, quick prestige, and untapped resources; the other, the prudent European drawn moth-like to "the light and sexual heat of the tropics."--- Publisher description from http://www.oup.com (Oct. 5, 2011).".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-222).".
- catalog extent "xv, 222 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Slum.".
- catalog identifier "0195121864".
- catalog isFormatOf "Slum.".
- catalog isPartOf "Library of Latin America".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng por".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog relation "Slum.".
- catalog spatial "Brazil Social life and customs 19th century Fiction.".
- catalog spatial "Brazil".
- catalog subject "869.3 21".
- catalog subject "Immigrants Brazil Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Landlords Brazil Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Man-woman relationships Brazil Fiction.".
- catalog subject "PQ9697.A93 C613 2000".
- catalog subject "Slums Brazil Fiction.".
- catalog title "Cortiço. English".
- catalog title "The slum : a novel / by Aluísio Azevedo ; translated from the Portuguese by David H. Rosenthal ; with a foreword by David H. Rosenthal and an afterword by Affonso Romano de Sant'Anna.".
- catalog type "Fiction. fast".
- catalog type "Historical fiction. gsafd".
- catalog type "text".