Lima Barreto Books

Uma sátira brasileira sobre patriotismo, burocracia, idealismo e desilusão política.

Um romance brasileiro sobre imprensa, racismo, ascensão social, desencanto e vida urbana no Rio.

Lima Barreto’s socially sharp novel of race, class, suburb life, seduction, and injustice in Rio.

A reflective Lima Barreto novel of Rio, bureaucracy, memory, friendship, and disenchanted observation.

A satirical portrait of an imaginary republic, exposing bureaucracy, elites, corruption, and empty nationalism.

Lima Barreto’s political satire of parliament, ambition, patronage, journalism, marriage, and the machinery of power.