Erika HiltonFederal representative for São Paulo · Human rights
”Quarto de Despejo is my bedside book, because it says so much about my own path.”
Beyond all pity
Carolina Maria de Jesus · 1960 · 212 pages
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About the book
Carolina Maria de Jesus records in diary form her life in the Canindé favela in São Paulo, narrating the daily struggle for survival with dignity and critical lucidity. Her accounts reveal conditions of extreme poverty, racial prejudice, and hunger without romanticizing them, with the force of a witness who observes her reality with cutting clarity.
A historical document of inestimable value, Quarto de Despejo is also a literary work of great impact, giving voice to those rarely heard and establishing Carolina as one of the most important authors in Brazilian literature.
Book details
| Author | Carolina Maria de Jesus |
|---|---|
| Original title | Quarto de despejo |
| Year of publication | 1960 |
| Pages | 212 |
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Conceição EvaristoWriter · Poemas da recordação, Becos da memória
”The book by the writer Carolina Maria de Jesus carried in its pages a reality much like the one my family and I were living on the streets of Belo Horizonte. To read Carolina was to read our own life.”
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