Brazilian Bilingual Book Club

Publicado em 20/07/2022 14h12 Atualizado em 11/11/2024 11h19

The Brazilian Bilingual Book Club, launched in January 2015, meets once a month in a hybrid format (in person and virtually). Our book club champions selected treasures of Brazilian literature from a twenty-first century stance and confutes tired clichés about Brazil’s place in world literature. We read and discuss Brazilian literature for pleasure.

Book club members may choose to read either the original or a translation in English (or any other language available); our meetings and discussions are in English.

The distinguishing feature of the posts of our book club is that they are written as a history of ideas. Brazilian literary works are situated within the intellectual atmosphere of Brazil and the world. Additionally, the posts highlight underrated, or even overlooked, valuable intellectual links between Brazil and the United Kingdom. In her practice as a historian of ideas, Nadia Kerecuk, the creator and convenor of the book club, uses primary sources as a principle. What emerges is a rich picture of continual cross-fertilisation of ideas between world literature and Brazilian literature, and vice-versa.

Joining the Brazilian Bilingual Book Club:

It is free to join our book club, kindly send an email to nadia.kerecuk@itamaraty.gov.br

Download the Reading List for the second half of 2024:

Date	Book Title / Translated as	Author
25 January 2024	Travels in the Interior of Brazil (1846)	George Gardner	pdf
15 February 2024	Dom Casmurro (1899)	Machado de Assis	pdf
21 March 2024	O Senhor do Lado Esquerdo (2011) The Mystery of Rio	Alberto Mussa	pdf
18 April 2024	Amar, Verbo Intransitivo: Idílio (1927) To Love, Intransitive Verb	Mário de Andrade	pdf
16 May 2024	Úrsula (1859)	Maria Firmina dos Reis	pdf
20 June 2024	Historia do Futuro (1713) Preliminary Book to the History of the Future	António Vieira	pdf
18 July 2024	Triste Fim de Policarpo Quaresma (1911) The Sad End of Policarpo Quaresma	Lima Barreto	pdf
15 August 2024	Tenda dos Milagres (1969) Tent of Miracles	Jorge Amado	pdf
19 September 2024	Dois Irmãos (2000) The Brothers	Milton Hatoum	pdf
17 October 2024	Ópera dos Mortos (1967) The Voices of the Dead	Autran Dourado	pdf
14 November 2024	A Maçã no Escuro (1961) The Apple in the Dark	Clarice Lispector	pdf
12 December 2024	Memorial de Ayres (1908) Counsellor Ayres Memorial	Machado de Assis	pdf

The background materials for each book contain a pitch for the book of the month, details of available publications, a short history of the writing of the book and translation(s), a biography of the author with further reference materials.

To receive the material from previous editions in pdf format, please send an email to nadia.kerecuk@itamaraty.gov.br

Previous editions:

Book Title	Author
UMA APRENDIZAGEM OU O LIVRO DOS PRAZERES translated as AN APPRENTICESHIP, OR, THE BOOK OF DELIGHTS or AN APPRENTICESHIP OR THE BOOK OF PLEASURES	Clarice Lispector	pdf
TORTO ARADO translated as CROOKED PLOW	Itamar Vieira Júnior	pdf
MEMÓRIAS DE UM SARGENTO DE MILÍCIAS translated as MEMOIRS OF A MILITIA SERGEANT	Manuel Antônio de Almeida	pdf
O TEMPO E O VENTO - O CONTINENTE translated as TIME AND THE WIND, THE CONTINENT	Érico Veríssimo	pdf
O URUGUAY translated as THE URUGUAY. A HISTORICAL ROMANCE OF SOUTH AMERICA	José Basílio da Gama	pdf
O ALIENISTA translated as THE PSYCHIATRIST AND OTHER STORIES or THE ALIENIST or THE ALIENIST AND OTHER STORIES OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY BRAZIL	Machado de Assis	pdf
MARROM E AMARELO translated as PHENOTYPES	Paulo Scott	pdf
OS VELHOS MARINHEIROS OU O CAPITÃO DE LONGO CURSO translated as HOME IS THE SAILOR; THE WHOLE TRUTH CONCERNING THE REDOUBTFUL ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN VASCO MOSCOSO DE ARAGAO, MASTER MARINER	Jorge Amado	pdf
O CORTIÇO translated as A BRAZILIAN TENEMENT or THE SLUM	Aluísio Azevedo	pdf
A DESCOBERTA DO MUNDO translated as DISCOVERING THE WORLD	Clarice Lispector	pdf
QUINCAS BORBA translated as THE HERITAGE OF QUINCAS BORBA or PHILOSOPHER OR DOG or QUINCAS BORBA	Machado de Assis	pdf
TODA POESIA translated as ALL POETRY	Paulo Leminski	pdf
AUTO DA COMPADECIDA translated as THE ROGUE'S TRIAL	Ariano Suassuna	pdf
SPECIAL SHORT STORY EDITION	various authors	email
MAX E OS FELINOS translated as MAX AND THE CATS	Moacyr Scliar	pdf
GRANDE SERTÃO: VEREDAS translated as THE DEVIL TO PAY IN THE BACKLANDS	João Guimarães Rosa	pdf
O GUARANY - ROMANCE BRASILEIRO translated as THE GUARANY	José de Alencar	pdf
VIDA VERTIGINOSA translated as VERTIGINOUS LIFE	João do Rio	pdf
COBRA NORATO - NHEENGATÚ DA MARGEM ESQUERDA DO AMAZONAS translated as SNAKE NORATO	Raul Bopp	pdf
MACUNAÍMA, O HERÓI SEM NENHUM CARÁTER translated as MACUNAÍMA	Mário de Andrade	pdf
RESSURREIÇÃO translated as RESURRECTION	Machado de Assis	pdf
CANAÃ translated as CANAAN	Graça Aranha	pdf
MINHA FORMAÇÃO - MEMÓRIAS translated as MY FORMATIVE YEARS	Joaquim Nabuco	pdf
A CELEBRATION OF 200 YEARS OF BRAZILIAN POETRY	various authors	pdf
ÁGUA VIVA translated as THE STREAM OF LIFE or AGUA VIVA	Clarice Lispector	pdf
O ATHENEU (CHRONICA DE SAUDADES) translated as THE ATHENAEUM	Raul Pompeia	pdf
QUARTO DE DESPEJO: DIÁRIO DE UMA FAVELADA translated as BEYOND ALL PITY	Carolina Maria de Jesus	pdf
PUREZA translated as PUREZA - A NOVEL OF BRAZIL	José Lins do Rego	pdf
SENHORA - PERFIL DE MULHER translated as SENHORA - PROFILE OF A WOMAN	José de Alencar	pdf
O CLUBE DOS ANJOS translated as THE CLUB OF ANGELS	Luís Fernando Veríssimo	pdf
GOOD DAYS!: THE BONS DIAS! CHRONICLES OF MACHADO DE ASSIS (Bilingual Edition)	Machado de Assis	pdf
JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO BRAZIL translated as DIÁRIO DE UMA VIAGEM AO BRASIL	Maria Graham (later Maria, Lady Callcott)	pdf
A CABEÇA DE SANTO translated as THE HEAD OF THE SAINT	Socorro Acioli	pdf
O RIO DE JANEIRO NO TEMPO DOS VICE-REIS: 1763-1808 translated as RIO DE JANEIRO IN THE TIME OF THE VICEROYS 1763-1808	Luiz Edmundo	pdf
BOCA DO INFERNO translated as BAY OF ALL SAINTS AND EVERY CONCEIVABLE SIN	Ana Miranda	pdf
A CIDADE SITIADA translated as THE BESIEGED CITY	Clarice Lispector	pdf
MEMÓRIAS PÓSTUMAS DE BRÁS CUBAS translated as THE POSTHUMOUS MEMOIRS OF BRÁS CUBAS	Machado de Assis	pdf
MEU PÉ DE LARANJA LIMA translated as MY SWEET ORANGE TREE	José Mauro de Vasconcelos	pdf
VASTAS EMOÇÕES E PENSAMENTOS IMPERFEITOS translated as THE LOST MANUSCRIPT or VAST EMOTIONS AND IMPERFECT THOUGHTS	Rubem Fonseca	pdf
O ENIGMA DE QAF translated as THE RIDDLE OF QAF	Alberto Mussa	pdf
BORGES E OS ORANGOTANGOS ETERNOS translated as BORGES AND THE ETERNAL ORANG-UTANS	Luís Fernando Veríssimo	pdf
PRIMEIRAS ESTÓRIAS translated as THE THIRD BANK OF THE RIVER AND OTHER STORIES	João Guimarães Rosa	pdf
LAÇOS DE FAMÍLIA translated as FAMILY TIES	Clarice Lispector	pdf
INNOCENCIA translated as INNOCENCIA. A STORY OF THE PRAIRIE REGIONS OF BRAZIL	Alfredo d'Escragnolle Taunay	pdf
INFÂNCIA translated as CHILDHOOD	Graciliano Ramos	pdf
LAVOURA ARCAICA translated as ANCIENT TILLAGE	Raduan Nassar	pdf
O FILHO ETERNO translated as THE ETERNAL SON	Cristovão Tezza	pdf
O SENHOR DO LADO ESQUERDO translated as THE MYSTERY OF RIO	Alberto Mussa	pdf
AS TRÊS MARIAS translated as THE THREE MARIAS	Rachel de Queiroz	pdf
CHANAAN translated as CANAAN	Graça Aranha	pdf
AMAR, VERBO INTRANZITIVO. IDÍLIO. translated as LOVE, INTRANSITIVE VERB	Mário de Andrade	pdf
A RAINHA DOS CÁRCERES DA GRÉCIA translated as THE QUEEN OF THE PRISONS OF GREECE	Osman Lins	pdf
PERTO DO CORAÇÃO SELVAGEM translated as NEAR TO THE WILD HEART	Clarice Lispector	pdf
COLLECTED STORIES OF MACHADO DE ASSIS	Machado de Assis	pdf
SINFONIA EM BRANCO translated as SYMPHONY IN WHITE	Adriana Lisboa	pdf
O HOMEM QUE CALCULAVA: AVENTURAS DE UM SINGULAR CALCULISTA PERSA translated as THE MAN WHO COUNTED: A COLLECTION OF MATHEMATICAL ADVENTURES	Malba Tahan	pdf
MAX E OS FELINOS translated as MAX AND THE CATS	Moacyr Scliar	pdf
O RISCO DO BORDADO translated as PATTERN FOR A TAPESTRY	Autran Dourado	pdf
ESAÚ E JACOB translated as ESAU AND JACOB	Machado de Assis	pdf
BARBA ENSOPADA DE SANGUE translated as BLOOD-DRENCHED BEARD	Daniel Galera	pdf
TIETA DO AGRESTE translated as TIETA	Jorge Amado	pdf
MENINO DE ENGENHO translated as PLANTATION BOY	José Lins do Rego	pdf
O LUSTRE translated as THE CHANDELIER	Clarice Lispector	pdf
VIDA VERTIGINOSA translated as VERTIGINOUS LIFE	João do Rio	pdf
DOIS IRMÃOS translated as THE BROTHERS	Milton Hatoum	pdf
AVALOVARA translated as AVALOVARA	Osman Lins	pdf
MEMORIAL DE AYRES translated as COUNSELOR OF AYRES' MEMORIAL	Machado de Assis	pdf
SENHORA - PERFIL DE MULHER translated as SENHORA - PROFILE OF A WOMAN	José de Alencar	pdf
MINHA VIDA DE MENINA translated as THE DIARY OF "HELENA MORLEY"	Helena Morley	pdf
QUARUP translated as QUARUP	Antônio Callado	pdf
OLHAI OS LÍRIOS DO CAMPO translated as CONSIDER THE LILIES IN THE FIELD: A NOVEL	Érico Veríssimo	pdf
1808 - COMO UMA RAINHA LOUCA, UM PRÍNCIPE MEDROSO E UMA CORTE CORRUPTA ENGANARAM NAPOLEÃO E MUDARAM A HISTÓRIA DE PORTUGAL E DO BRASIL translated as 1808: THE FLIGHT OF THE EMPEROR	Laurentino Gomes	pdf
INNOCENCIA translated as INNOCENCIA. A STORY OF THE PRAIRIE REGIONS OF BRAZIL	Alfredo d'Escragnolle Taunay	pdf
HOTEL ATLÂNTICO translated as ATLANTIC HOTEL	João Gilberto Noll	pdf
MISS DOLLAR, STORIES BY MACHADO DE ASSIS bilingual edition	Machado de Assis	pdf
PUREZA translated as PUREZA. A BRAZILIAN NOVEL	José Lins do Rego	pdf
A MAÇÃ NO ESCURO translated as THE APPLE IN THE DARK	Clarice Lispector	pdf
OS SERTÕES: CAMPANHA DE CANUDOS translated as REBELLION IN THE BACKLANDS or BACKLANDS: THE CANUDOS CAMPAIGN	Euclides da Cunha	pdf
O VAMPIRO DE CURITIBA translated as THE VAMPIRE OF CURITIBA AND OTHER STORIES	Dalton Trevisan	pdf
DONA FLOR E SEUS DOIS MARIDOS translated as DONA FLOR AND HER TWO HUSBANDS	Jorge Amado	pdf
OS ESPIÕES translated as THE SPIES	Luís Fernando Veríssimo	pdf
O MEU PÉ DE LARANJA LIMA translated as MY SWEET ORANGE TREE	José Mauro de Vasconcelos	pdf
MEMÓRIAS DE UM SARGENTO DE MILÍCIAS translated as MEMOIRS OF A MILITIA SERGEANT	Manuel Antônio de Almeida	pdf
AVALOVARA translated as AVALOVARA	Osman Lins	pdf
AS MENINAS translated as THE GIRL IN THE PHOTOGRAPH	Lygia Fagundes Telles	pdf
O ALIENISTA translated as THE PSYCHIATRIST AND OTHER STORIES or THE ALIENIST or THE ALIENIST AND OTHER STORIES OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY BRAZIL	Machado de Assis	pdf
O GUARANY translated as THE GUARANY	José de Alencar	pdf
O ATENEU (CHRONICA DE SAUDADES) translated as THE ATHENAEUM	Raul Pompeia	pdf
AS RELIGIÕES NO RIO translated as RELIGIONS IN RIO	João do Rio	pdf
VIDAS SECAS translated as BARREN LIVES	Graciliano Ramos	pdf
O HOMEM QUE CALCULAVA: AVENTURAS DE UM SINGULAR CALCULISTA PERSA translated as THE MAN WHO COUNTED: A COLLECTION OF MATHEMATICAL ADVENTURES	Malba Tahan	pdf
MEMÓRIAS PÓSTUMAS DE BRÁS CUBAS translated as THE POSTHUMOUS MEMOIRS OF BRAS CUBAS or EPITAPH OF A SMALL WINNER or POSTHUMOUS REMINISCENCES OF BRAS CUBAS	Machado de Assis	pdf
A HORA DA ESTRELA translated as THE HOUR OF THE STAR	Clarice Lispector	pdf

Book Cover - How to Run How to Run a Bilingual Book Club

The materials from the first year were published in the book How to Run a Bilingual Book Club - Featuring the First Year of the BRAZILIAN BILINGUAL BOOK CLUB at the Embassy of Brazil in London by Nadia Kerecuk (ISBN 978-1-5272-3265-5).