Quarto de Despejo
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July 15, 1955 The birthday of my daughter Vera Eunice.
About this book
A first-hand account of life in the streets of Sao Paulo from 1955 to 1960, details the plight of an artist, writer and single mother of three children who, while living in a hovel, supported her family by digging through the garbage for paper and scraps to sell.
Themes & subjects
PoorSocial life and customsRace relationsBlacksSocial conditionsRural conditions
First published 1960Characters & people
Setting
BrazilSão Paulo (Brazil)São Paulo
About the author
Carolina Maria de Jesus
1914 – 1977
Carolina Maria de Jesus (14 March 1914[1] – 13 February 1977) was a Brazilian outskirts memorialist who lived most of her life as a slum-dweller. She is best known for her diary, published in August 1960 as Quarto de Despejo (lit. Junk Room, English title Child of the Dark: The Diary of Carolina Maria de Jesus) after attracting the attention of a Brazilian journalist, which became a bestseller and won international acclaim. The work remains the only document published in English by a Brazilian slum-dweller of that period. De Jesus spent a significant part of her life in the Canindé [pt] favela in North São Paulo, supporting herself and three children as a scrap collector.
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