Review by Choice Review
A superb addition to the increasing number of anthologies dedicated to Brazilian literature. What is remarkable about this volume is the harmonious balance between established writers--e.g., Raquel de Queiroz, Clarice Lispector, and Lygia Fagundes Telles--with the writers who emerged in the 1970s and are writing today. Sadlier's interesting and well-documented introduction celebrates the accomplishment of Brazilian writers over a period of 100 years, and thus brings back forgotten writers into critical attention. Sadlier's translations are accurate and reflect the musicality and strength of the language. A good addition to academic and public library collections on Latin American women writers. M. Agosin Wellesley College
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Review by Booklist Review
Culturally excluded from the world of artistic/scholastic endeavors, women in Brazil have recently asserted their talent as writers rediscovering and redefining womanhood. Family brawls, social criticism, historical re-creations, introspective musings, surrealistic explorations, and social satire and realism are some of many themes and devices through which the 20 women represented in this anthology move as they ascertain their new position as legitimate intellectual contributors to their society. The collection spans 100 years, reviving those writers discarded by men as trivial and including those few recognized before 1980 for their ability to "write like men." Responsibly, Sadlier has included a diverse representation of the concerns, struggles, and tensions of these women, showing them to be complex individuals with political and social concerns as well as personal and artistic. Appearing for the first time in English, these stories express the anguish and courage of women from their different classes and regions as they recognize their common restlessness and forge a new consciousness. Brief biographies and an introduction to the collection assist unfamiliar readers with the political context. (Reviewed Apr. 1, 1992)025335045XChristine Schlenker
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