by Robert M. Levine (Author), José Carlos Sebe Bom Meihy (Author)
Robert Levine tells the story of Carolina Maria de Jesus (1914-1977), Brazilian, Black, illegitimate, extremely poor, and Brazil's best-selling author upon the publication of her journals.
Back Jacket
In the dozen years Carolina Maria de Jesus (1914-1977) lived in a Sao Paulo, Brazil, shanty slum, she survived by rummaging for junk. She also kept a diary of her abject poverty. Black, illegitimate, and poor, she suddenly became at age forty-six Brazil's best-selling author when a book dawn form her diaries appeared in 1960.
Author Biography
Robert M. Levine is director of the Center for Latin American Studies, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida.
Historian José Carlos Sebe Bom Meihy, of the University of São Paulo, is a co-founder of the Brazilian Oral History Association.
Number of Pages: 176
Dimensions: 0.49 x 9.02 x 6.04 IN
Publication Date: September 01, 1995