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Title: Child of the Dark: The Diary of Carolina Maria De Jesus by Carolina Maria De Jesus ISBN: 0-451-62731-8 Publisher: Signet Book Pub. Date: 01 August, 1983 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Poverty and ignorance still exist today
Comment: This book is both an uplifting and depressing work. For anyone who has ever visited the third world, and especially for those that never have; this book is a must read. It is uplifting and inspiring in showing the heroine's sheer strength of character that gets her through a life that would most certainly kill most of us. Written without pretense, it is a brutal indictment of the negative forces that constantly try the human spirtit. Here the enemy is not one person, or an army or even the poverty that wreaks havoc on the lives of these people, but rather the world's tolerance and acceptance of the pain, hunger suffering and injustices that are created by a world where the the rich can justify their greed by demoninzing their own creation: the conditons that make people live in utter desperation. Poverty and ignorance are not romantized here but instead like in Buñuel's film Los Olvidados, Child of the Dark shows us that hunger and loss of dignity brings out the worst in people. It is depressing because we all know that places like this exist not only in Brazil, but in almost all countries on earth, and that we all share in the guilt of allowing such horror to exist.
Rating: 5
Summary: A sad look at the reality of life in Brazil.
Comment: The dairy of Carolina Maria de Jesus described the daily routine life in a favela- a human garbage dump, house of the poor, the hungry, the desperate. The author illustrated the way daily life threatened these poor favelados.The hunger that invaded every shack, particularly hers, drove her to hunt for paper and metal in order to acquire just enough money to keep her and her children alive. The black population in Brazil was treated as none human beings. They were descriminated against by most of the white majority population. It clearly reflects the title of the book " Child of the dark."
Rating: 5
Summary: I'll think twice before throwing food out again
Comment: This book is truly an eye opener as to what it really means to be poor and hungry. I can't believe that someone with only two years of schooling could churn out such a masterpiece, the language and thought processes involved will leave you wondering with amazement. What suprises you is that in and amongst all the squalor, deprivation, fights and hunger she still admires the night sky, the birds, the stars, the beautiful weather. What a woman ! Most people in her position wouldn't have time to be thankful for these "free" beautiful things and that is what I found so touching. Her dedication to her children and indeed her neighbours will teach all us other mortals in the devleoped world what being humble really means. At times this woman cannot find a meal but when she has money and food she shares it with her friends and neighbours, wondering little if she will have a meal the next day. Her ability to keep going despite her adversities will shock you. Please read this book, you will aspire to be a better person afterwards.
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Title: I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala by Rigoberta Menchu, E. Burgos-Debray, Ann Wright, Elisabeth Burgos-Debray ISBN: 0860917886 Publisher: Verso Pub. Date: 01 June, 1987 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Mexican Lives by Judith Adler Hellman ISBN: 1565841786 Publisher: New Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 1995 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Born in Blood and Fire: A Concise History of Latin America by John Charles Chasteen ISBN: 0393976130 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 01 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $39.05 |
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Title: Revolutionizing Motherhood: The Mothers of the Plaza De Mayo by Marguerite Guzman Bouvard ISBN: 0842024875 Publisher: Scholarly Resources Pub. Date: 01 March, 1994 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Facundo: Or, Civilization and Barbarism by Domingo F. Sarmiento, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Mary Peabody Mann, Mary Peabody Mann ISBN: 0140436774 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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