Pureza is a 1937 Portuguese-language novel by the Brazilian writer José Lins do Rego.[1] The novel has been translated into English and published twice as Pureza - A Novel of Brazil translated Lucie Marion 1947, and again Pureza 1968
The novel was immediately successful in Brazil and almost immediately was made into a film, Pureza (1940).[2] The film was produced by Adhemar Gonzaga, and directed by the Portuguese director Chianca de Garcia.[3]
Plot
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References
edit- ^ Latin American writers Carlos A. Solé, María Isabel Abreu - 1989- Volume 2 - Page 912 0684185989 "Pureza (Purity, 1937; published in English as Pureza), which takes place in the bucolic setting of a small railway stop, celebrates the regenerative powers of nature,"
- ^ Brazilian Art 1976- Page 120 "One of these efforts was the filming of the novel, Purity, by Jose Lins do Rego. In the early forties, few story films were made, but this changed during the decade."
- ^ Robert Stam Tropical Multiculturalism: A Comparative History of Race ... -1997 - Page 104 0822320487 "Pureza (Purity, 1940), produced by Adhemar Gonzaga, directed by the Portuguese director Chianca de Garcia, and based on a novel by Jose Lins do Rego, features a dramatic sequence in which the black boy Joca finds himself adrift in a"
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