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The Sad End of Policarpo Quaresma
Triste Fim de Policarpo Quaresma
Lima Barreto
Pre-modernism
1915
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Pré-modernismo1915Português
The Sad End of Policarpo Quaresma
Original title: Triste Fim de Policarpo Quaresma (Português)
Lima Barreto
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The story
A methodical patriot sets out to save Brazil through grammar, farming and war — and each attempt returns only the indifference of the republic.
About the author
Lima Barreto (1881–1922), chronicler of Rio's suburbs, wrote against the official rhetoric of Brazil's First Republic.
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