Great animation of the Brazilian ultimate Christmas play: Morte e Vida Severina
“Morte e Vida Severina”, by João Cabral de Melo Neto, is the most Brazilian of all Nativity plays. Also known as “Auto de Natal Pernambucano” (Nativity play …
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Misterious peacock – when cordel literature seduced the country
“O Romance do Pavão Misterioso” (The Romance of the Misterious Peacock), published in 1920, is one of the most famous stories of literatura de cordel […]
Getting to know Brazil – a reading tour
By Jim Shattuck* When I travel I like to do a bit of reading before I leave to give me a little better insight into […]
Beloved criminals
Brazilians have a somewhat disturbing tenderness for certain types of criminals. Let me drop some names that will prove my point: Meneghetti, Adhemar de Barros, […]