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The Gods of Raquel

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Chronicles the imaginative, phantasmagorial adventures of a young woman, Raquel, the daughter of a Brazilian-Jewish parents, a prize convent-school student, and lover of Miguel

107 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1978

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Moacyr Scliar

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Moacyr Jaime Scliar (born March 23, 1937) is a Brazilian writer and physician.
Scliar is best known outside Brazil for his 1981 novel Max and the Cats (Max e os Felinos), the story of a young man who flees Berlin after he comes to the attention of the Nazis for having had an affair with a married woman. Making his way to Brazil, his ship sinks, and he finds himself alone in a dinghy with a jaguar who had been travelling in the hold.[1] The story of the jaguar and the boy was picked up by Yann Martel for his own book Life of Pi, winner of the 2002 Man Booker Prize, in which Pi is trapped in a lifeboat with a tiger

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52 reviews8 followers
January 16, 2021
Quase desisti do livro porque estava achando chato. A Raquel era uma personagem mesmo: bidimensional, uma caricatura, não tinha personalidade nenhuma além de tratar mal as pessoas e ser mentalmente instável. Às vezes, ela só parecia existir para servir de fetiche religioso-sádico do narrador. Não tinha nada para me manter interessada na história.

Mas o livro era curtinho, então acabei lendo e o final mudou completamente a minha visão da história! Valeu a pena.


63 reviews3 followers
July 30, 2020
Obra-prima. Cheguei a apresentar sobre o romance em um evento. Scholarship sucks, tho.
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901 reviews9 followers
June 23, 2017
Da minha resenha no Bookcrossing:
A vantagem deste livro é que é bem fininho. Francamente, não ia aguentar a Raquel por muito mais tempo. Eta criatura invejosa e egoísta.
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249 reviews5 followers
December 20, 2010
Not my favorite book by Scliar. Interesting, but I guess I didn't really get into the spirit of the story.
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