Exemplary humans / Juliana Leite ; translated from Portuguese by Zoë Perry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leite, Juliana, 1983- Author.

Contributor:

Perry, Zoë, translator.

Standardized Title:

Humanos exemplares. English http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/05e3bdb0-effb-e226-7678-5574fe48d801

Language:

English

Portuguese

Subjects (All):

Older women--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro--Fiction.

Older women.

Memory--Fiction.

Memory.

Old age--Fiction.

Old age.

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)--Fiction.

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).

Genre:

Fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

307 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

[San Francisco] : Two Lines Press, [2025]

Summary:

"Ever since the unnamed threat took over, 100-year-old Natalia has been stuck inside her Rio de Janeiro apartment, alone. Well, not entirely alone - her loved ones may be gone but they never really left her, plus she's pretty sure there's a spy watching her every move through the window. As she waits for the daily call from her daughter who lives halfway across the world, the old woman revisits scenes from her life. There's her husband Vicente, who obsessively erased maps of Brazil; her best friend Sarah, the cookie seller; Jorge, who gave tarot readings for both humans and birds; and the comrades who joined her in resisting Brazil's dictatorship, at least until they were forced into hiding. An ambitious novel about the quirks of memory and the delights and horror of aging"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Place of publication from publisher's website.

Other Format:

Online version Leite, Juliana, 1983- Exemplary humans

ISBN:

9781949641967

1949641961

OCLC:

1526006629