“Maria da Silva” is
not entirely a work of fiction but more like an unembellished glimpse of
Brazilian reality. A thin book about the short life of a rubbish scavenger. The
lack of superfluous descriptions here is intentional so the mind of the reader
can recreate a setting that is more familiar to him or her. A place they might
see on a day-to-day basis but whose essence they do not understand.
"Marias da Silva" die every day of starvation and untreated diseases
in a brief and tragic passage through life, taking with them a story that is
overlooked by most. It is time for us to look at these people as human beings
and this thin little book may help with that. I feel that this work is not
mine. I am only the deliverer of Maria da Silva's message. I believe that if a
few readers change after reading this, even if only by the expression on their
faces when they see a rubbish scavenger - who lives from things unwanted and
not from begging - the mission I have been given by chance will have been
accomplished.
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