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"O bom do livro é que quando ele acaba continua cheio e a gente pode ler de novo" (Joaninha,3 anos)

quinta-feira, 2 de fevereiro de 2017

A Glimpse of Brazilian Reality


“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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