Research Catalog

Title

Her mother's mother's mother & her daughters / Maria José Silveira ; translated from the Portuguese by Eric M.B. Becker.

Author

Silveira, María José

Publication

Rochester, NY : Open Letter, 2017.

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Details

Additional Authors

Becker, Eric M. B.

Description

335 pages; 22 cm

Summary

• "Spanning 500 years of Brazilian history, Her Mother's Mother's Mother and Her Daughters chronicles a family of women, beginning in 1500 with the birth of Inaiá, daughter of a Tupiniquim warrior, and ending in 2001 with Inaiá's distant descendent, Maria Flor. As each new daughter takes the place of her mother, and the mothers before her, Maria Jose Silveira's captivating, cinematic prose takes us through the formation of the country itself, as well as through the roles, customs, challenges, and intrigues of the women within it. Subversive and refreshing, Silveira blends great storytelling with personal politics to critique the machismo, authoritarianism, and abuses of power prevalent in Brazilian culture. It's a delicate subject, the family story is complicated, and not everything was wine and roses. There was, of course, much happiness and love, many battles and accomplishments, great feats-after all, the women here helped to build this country from nearly nothing. But there were also stories of insanity, or murderesses, and not a few sorrows and tragedies. Great disappointments. A good many of them. Maria Jose Silveira is the author of ten novels, including the prize-winning Her Mother's Mother's Mother and Her Daughters, the film rights to which were sold to TV Globo. Eric M.B. Becker is editor of Words Without Borders and an award-winning journalist and literary translator. He received a PEN/Heim Translation grant for his work on Mia Couto, and has also translated works by Lygia Fagundes Telles, Noemi Jaffe, and others"--
• "Spanning 500 years of Brazilian history, Her Mother's Mother's Mother and Her Daughters chronicles a family of women, beginning in 1500 with the birth of Inaiá's daughter of a Tupiniquim warrior, and ending in 2001 with Inaiá's distant descendent, Maria Flor. As each new daughter takes the place of her mother, and the mothers before her, Maria José Silveira's captivating, cinematic prose takes us through the formation of the country itself, as well as through the roles, customs, challenges, and intrigues of the women within it. Subversive and refreshing, Silveira blends great storytelling with personal politics to critique the machismo, authoritarianism, and abuses of power prevalent in Brazilian culture"--

Uniform Title

Mãe da mãe de sua mãe e suas filhas. English

Alternative Title

• Mãe da mãe de sua mãe e suas filhas.
• Her mother's mother's mother and her daughters

Subject

• Mothers and daughters > Fiction
• Women > Brazil > Fiction
• Families > Brazil > Fiction
• Families
• Manners and customs
• Mothers and daughters
• Women
• Brazil > Social life and customs > Fiction
• Brazil

Genre/Form

• Domestic fiction.
• Fiction.

Note

• Originally published as A mãe da mãe de sua mãe e suas filhas.

Call Number

JFD 18-687

ISBN

• 9781940953670
• 1940953677

LCCN

2017036349

OCLC

974677697

Author

Silveira, María José, author.

Title

Her mother's mother's mother & her daughters / Maria José Silveira ; translated from the Portuguese by Eric M.B. Becker.

Publisher

Rochester, NY : Open Letter, 2017.

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Added Author

Becker, Eric M. B., translator.

Research Call Number

JFD 18-687