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Jan 29, 2012

Isabel rated it:

Zezé, um menino de cinco anos, pertencia a uma família muito pobre, que passava muitas necessidades. A família era muito numerosa, por isso as irmãs mais velhas tomavam conta dos mais novos. Zezé era um menino muito interessado pela vida, adorava saber e aprender coisas novas e novas palavras que aprendia com o Tio Edmundo. No entanto, passava a vida a fazer traquinices na rua, a pregar partidas aos outros, acabando por ser castigado e repreendido pelos pais ou pelos irmãos, que passavam a vida More...

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Aug 07, 2010

anca rated it:

O poveste.

Frumoasa si amuzanta. E minunat Zeze cu nazbitiile lui care te fac cel putin sa zimbesti sau sa exclami "strasnica poanta!" si sa urmeze un mic hohot de ris (unchiul Eduardo a muscat-o din plin :)) pararampampam).

Plina de iubire, gingasie, tandrete si farmecul copilariei. Ce frumoasa e iubirea si grija pentru "regele Luis", atentia de a nu darima lumea imaginara a acestuia, "plimbatul" prin Gradina Zoologica si Europa, calarirea p More...

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Dec 16, 2009

مريم rated it:

من واقعا اين كتاب رو دوست داشتم. زه زه ... خيلي پسر بچه ي دوست داشتني اي بود...

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Jun 07, 2011

Alberto rated it:

¡Ahh la vida tras los ojos de un niño... Siempre tiene tanto que enseñarnos!
No cabe duda que es una novela muy importante en la literatura Brasileña donde Jose Mauro de Vasconcelos deja de entrenar boxeadores para disponerse claramente a darnos una lección y "entrenar" nuestros corazones en las bellas artes de la Ternura; Logrando describir con gran dulzura, el bello y muchas veces mal entendido corazón del pobre Zezé y los golpes que la vida le tiene reservados para hacerle cre More...

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Mar 02, 2007

Bahman rated it:

گفته‌اند که این کتاب یکی از زیباترین آثاری است که درباره کودکی و دنیای آن نوشته شده است. معصومیت و دو-سه فصل ِ پایانی ِ کتاب، آن‌قدر حس ِ عمیقی درشان دارند که باید خودتان را برای گریه کردن آماده کنید.
از روی کتاب، در سال‌های هفتاد، هشتاد و نود و هشت، سه سریال، و در سال 1970 فیلمی سینمایی به همین نام ساخته شده است.
فیلم «بی بی چلچله» ساخته کیومرث پوراحمد که در دهه شصت ساخته شده هم بر اساس همین داستان است.
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Feb 01, 2008

Capitu rated it:

This is the first “real” book I remember reading – I also remember crying while I read it. I actually gasped when I came across this title while browsing here on goodreads. Zeze, the five-year-old street wise shoe shiner and his imaginary friend – the orange tree – are as part of me as Harry Potter will one day be part of my children. Zeze though is not fighting with the forces of evil in an imaginary world. His struggles are those of poverty and loneliness, so real to this day yet to childre More...

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Feb 21, 2009

Eric rated it:

زیبا ...بدون شک یکی از اخرین کتابهایی بود که من رو تا انتها با خودش کشوند و باعث شد چند بار این کتاب رو بخونم و هربار تصویر خودم رو ببینم ..

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Jun 19, 2008

Mahdokht rated it:

این کتاب رو من دو سال پیش خوندم رمان فوق العاده ایه
قهرمان کتاب یه پسر 4- 5 ساله برزیلیه به اسم زه زه،که تو خیالش با یه نهال پرتقال صحبت می کنه

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Dec 13, 2011

Andre rated it:

The first book (out of two) to EVER make me cry, this one actually made me sob. I can relate to the main character and his little boy's view on the world, his fruitful imagination, and his endless creativity. I believe everyone can see themselves in him, in a way or another. The sad part -no spoiler- is his depression, his hopelessness, his apparently never-ending sadness, and how much tragedies can affect a little child's life when those closest to him are oblivious to what's happening. Teaches More...

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Dec 16, 2009

laaya rated it:

avalin bar dastan ro tu majalehaye cinema ke hodoude salhaye 46 be surate pa varaghi chap shode boud khundam. baazi az shomareha naboud, kolli baese hasrate man mishod.vaghti avalin bar tunesta,m ketab ro bi hich negarani az naghes budan bekhunam, WOOOOW!!!!

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Nov 12, 2011

Venus rated it:

نمیتوانستم ار فکر کردن دست بردارم. دیگر به راستی میدانستم که درد یعنی چه. درد به معنای کتک خوردن تا حد بیهوش شدن نبود. بریدن پا بر اثر یک تکه شیشه و بخیه زدن در داروخانه نبود. درد یعنی چیزی که دل آدم را می شکند و انسان ناگزیر است با آن بمیرد بدون آنکه بتواند رازش را با کسی در میان بگذارد، دردی که انسان را بدون نیروی دست و پاها و سر باقی میگذارد و انسان حتی قدرت آن را ندارد که سرش را روی بالش حرکت دهد...!
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Oct 29, 2011

Pavita rated it:

"My sweet orange tree"

This book will always have a special place in my heart. I first read it when I was about 9-10 years old. It made me realize that books can bring out so much emotion in people. Nearly a decade later, I realized I lost the book so I tracked it down, read it again...and it stills bring tears to my eyes.

The story revolved around Zeze, a poor boy in the slums of Brazil. We learned that he's an innocent boy with an imagination who cared deeply for other peopl More...

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Aug 01, 2010

Lavinia rated it:

Not as impressed as I expected myself to be. Interesting opinions about love, hate, religion, good and evil, but hard to believe they belong to a 5 year old kid.

I semi-hated the translation.

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Dec 04, 2011

Vitória rated it:

This book is simply fantastic. As many people are forced to read it in school, most times they hate it, just like I did when I first (tried) to read it. But after a while, when I was about 12, I read it again and couldn't understand why I hadn't liked it.

This book is incredibly beautiful. It tells us Zezé's suffering but in such a beautiful, ravishing way. When I finished reading it, I found myself crying, even sobbing, and just couldn't stop. In a way, I felt a part of Zezé, suffer More...

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Sep 27, 2010

Lothiriel rated it:

I read it for the first time at age 10, and cried a lot over it.
I've re read it several times since then. I think it was shocking the first time to read about something so unusual (at the time) as an abusive and poor family. Sadly, this as you get older you harden yourself by hearing about violent situations daily, so its not as eye opening.
I wonder what a 10 year old would think reading this book nowadays... would they be as shocked as I was, seeing as they are exposed to violent ne More...

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Oct 10, 2007

Golrokh rated it:

zeze for ever!

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Aug 01, 2010

Adam rated it:

Jose Mauro de Vasconcelos takes the reader into the world of Zezé, a five, almost six, year old, living in poverty in Brazil. His father is unemployed and Zezé spends much of his time roaming the streets of his neighborhood shining shoes and getting into mischief pulling pranks on people. Because of his curiosity, lack of fear, and genuine sensitivity, people of all ages are drawn to him, and as a result so is the reader. "Mi Planta de Naranja-Lima" is tied together by a series of vi More...

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Nov 09, 2010

Marisa rated it:

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Aug 18, 2009

Artemisa rated it:

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Apr 22, 2011

Niousha rated it:

این کتاب ارزشمند بود چون خاطرات کودکی رو زنده میکرد حس داشتن یه چیزی که دوسش داری و ازش مراقبت می کنی توی دنیایی که همه بزرگتر از تو هستن و کسی درکت نمیکنه ÷سر این داستان با یه درخت دوست میشه و اون درخت همه چیزش میشه
خیلی خوب تموم شد داستان

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Jan 13, 2009

Clara rated it:

One of my favorite books of all times! A classic from my childhood. The sweetest type of writing. It is as if you hear the story told by the voice of a child. English version is called My Sweet Orange Tree Hardcover, but I can't testify to the quality of the translation Brazilian-Portuguese to English.

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Dec 24, 2011

Ashley rated it:

One of the most poignant and touching books I have read, it brings out strongly aspects of what it means to be human through the experiences of the author as a young boy and his relationship with his beloved Sweet Orange tree. This book is difficult to find in English in the U.S., but well worth it if you can.

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Dec 23, 2010

Cécilia rated it:

I read this book a long, looong time ago and remember that it had had a huge impact on me. It was one of the first books I read. It was so sad, and beautiful, I feel so much nostalgia when I think about it. I know I still have it somewhere (I think...) but there's no way I could find it now :/

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Oct 20, 2009

Ali rated it:

با این کتاب از طریق یکی از دوستانم آشنا شدم،فقط میتونم بگم که با قسمتهایی از کتاب گریه کردم و با قسمتهاییش خندیدم،همونطور که در مقدمه اش به این موضوع اشاره شده بود

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Mar 26, 2011

Gia rated it:

The best book of my childhood. It made me cry so many times and it still makes me cry from just thinking about it. It was the first book to let me know that sometimes you couldn't tear yourself away from a book even when you could not read a single word because tears would not stop.

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May 15, 2011

Irem rated it:

The most unforgettable book of my childhood. I cant believe I cant find an English translation to gift to my friends. Its a great book in which the protagonist, Zeze climbs into your heart from the pages of the story and never leaves there as you grow up.

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Oct 06, 2010

Dhanita rated it:

I've read in Thai translation. During my reading this book, I've cried, cried and cried.
There are so many wondering misunderstood by innocent of adults. The misunderstanding are always flying around our whole world. We must learn from Zeze and this book.

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Jan 18, 2011

Tânia rated it:

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Oct 01, 2011

Mariana rated it:

Un libro que hay que leer. Es súper emocionante, lloré en varias ocasiones, y muy crudo. Está bueno para conocer realidades más duras y también sumergirse en el universo de un niño, como así también el de un anciano. Muy linda

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Jun 07, 2011

Virgilio rated it:

Beautifully executed narrative. The reader is transported to a world seen by the eyes of a poor but full with life child. It really brought me to shed a tear. I'd recommend this book to anyone interested in captivating stories.

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