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Arara Vermelha
Arará vermelha cuenta las vicisitudes de un grupo humano acuciado por la ambición. Porque la codicia es el gran personaje de la obra. La codicia moviendo hombre, modificando destinos, marcando condiciones y, a la postre, convertida en árbitro de todas esas vidas humanas. El centro del un diamante fabuloso. Los la selva, los poblados indígenas, el río...
- GenresNovels
321 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1953
About the author
José Mauro de Vasconcelos
32 books1,201 followersJosé Mauro was born in Rio de Janeiro on February 26 of 1920. His family was very poor, and when he was still very young, he migrated to Natal where relatives took care of him. Entering the Medical Faculty, José abandoned the course of studies in his second year and returned to Rio de Janeiro.[citation needed] There he worked as a boxing instructor and even as a painter's model.
José iniciated his literature with the novel Banana Brava. His greatest success was his novel Meu Pé de Laranja Lima, that tells about his own personal experiences and the shocks he suffered in his childhood with the abrupt changes of life.
José was part Indian and part Portuguese. He passed his childhood in Natal. When he was 9 years old, he learned to swim, and with pleasure he still remembers the days when he threw himself to the waters of the Potengi River to train for swimming competitions. José frequently went to the sea. He won many swimming competitions and, like every boy, liked to play soccer and to climb on trees. José's first job, from 16 yars old to 17 years old, was a sparring partner of featherweight boxers. Next, he worked in a farm in Mazomba, his job was to carry bananas. After that, he became a fisherman and lived on the coastline at Rio de Janeiro. Later he moved to Recife, where he became an elementary teacher and teacher at a fishermen's center.
Because of his prodigious capacity of telling stories, possessing a fabulous memory, brilliant imagination, and a large human experience, José felt he was obligated to become an author, and started to write novels when he was 22 years old.
The author had his original methods of writing. In the beginning, he would choose the scenarios where the characters would move. Then he would transfer to this place and do rigorous studies there. To write the novel Arara Vermelha, José traveled 450 leagues in the brute wilderness. Next, he builds all the novel, determining even the sentences of the dialogues. He had a memory that, for a long time, allowed him to remember every little detail of his studied scenario. "When the story is entirely made in imagination", reveals the author, "is when I begin to write. I only work I have the impression that the novel is exiting from all the pores of the body."
José relates that after finishing writing the first chapter, he passes to the conclusion of the novel, without even elaborating the plot. "That, he explains "because all the chapters are already produced mentally. It is not really important writing a sequence, like alterating the order. In the end everything goes well". José was a cinemactor and worked in films such as Carteira Modelo 19, Fronteiras do Inferno, Floradas na Serra, Canto do Mar (of which he wrote the screenplay), Na Garganta do Diabo, and A Ilha. He won many prizes, such as the Saci prize to best supporting actor, the Saci prize to the best actor of the year, and the Governo do Estado prize to best actor of the year. His novels Arara Vermelha and Vazante were filmed.
José iniciated his literature with the novel Banana Brava. His greatest success was his novel Meu Pé de Laranja Lima, that tells about his own personal experiences and the shocks he suffered in his childhood with the abrupt changes of life.
José was part Indian and part Portuguese. He passed his childhood in Natal. When he was 9 years old, he learned to swim, and with pleasure he still remembers the days when he threw himself to the waters of the Potengi River to train for swimming competitions. José frequently went to the sea. He won many swimming competitions and, like every boy, liked to play soccer and to climb on trees. José's first job, from 16 yars old to 17 years old, was a sparring partner of featherweight boxers. Next, he worked in a farm in Mazomba, his job was to carry bananas. After that, he became a fisherman and lived on the coastline at Rio de Janeiro. Later he moved to Recife, where he became an elementary teacher and teacher at a fishermen's center.
Because of his prodigious capacity of telling stories, possessing a fabulous memory, brilliant imagination, and a large human experience, José felt he was obligated to become an author, and started to write novels when he was 22 years old.
The author had his original methods of writing. In the beginning, he would choose the scenarios where the characters would move. Then he would transfer to this place and do rigorous studies there. To write the novel Arara Vermelha, José traveled 450 leagues in the brute wilderness. Next, he builds all the novel, determining even the sentences of the dialogues. He had a memory that, for a long time, allowed him to remember every little detail of his studied scenario. "When the story is entirely made in imagination", reveals the author, "is when I begin to write. I only work I have the impression that the novel is exiting from all the pores of the body."
José relates that after finishing writing the first chapter, he passes to the conclusion of the novel, without even elaborating the plot. "That, he explains "because all the chapters are already produced mentally. It is not really important writing a sequence, like alterating the order. In the end everything goes well". José was a cinemactor and worked in films such as Carteira Modelo 19, Fronteiras do Inferno, Floradas na Serra, Canto do Mar (of which he wrote the screenplay), Na Garganta do Diabo, and A Ilha. He won many prizes, such as the Saci prize to best supporting actor, the Saci prize to the best actor of the year, and the Governo do Estado prize to best actor of the year. His novels Arara Vermelha and Vazante were filmed.
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August 11, 2017
Primera lectura de largo aliento. Probablemente ese primer empujón me dejó atado a la literatura. Novela de aventuras en la selva. Aún recuerdo algunos personajes y sensaciones que me provocó la lectura. Altamente recomendable para adolescentes.
October 9, 2020
Bir Kızılderili ve beyaz kırması Kanau’nun ruhunda beliren iyilik kötülük düşünceleri ve beyaz adam ile Kızılderili adam gidip gelmeleri. Hiçbir zaman bunlardan biri olamaması, iki tarafta da aitlik hissedememesi, adapte olamaması sizi içine çekecektir bu kitapta eminim. Çünkü Kanau iyiliği de kötülüğü de kalbinde hissedenlerden. Hem beyaz adamın inançlarını aklının bir köşesinde tutan hem de Kızılderili inanışlarından tamamen vazgeçemeyen biri. Kızılderili kanından kurtulmak istediği aşikar ama kanındaki Kızılderililik buna izin verir mi?
Kitapta sıkça Kızılderili kelimelerine yer verildiği için başlarda bu yeni ve okunması bazen zor gelen kelimeler kitabı zor okunabilir gösterebilir gözünüzde. Ama ileriki sayfalarda buna alışacaksınız ve kendinizi nehrin akıntısına vereceksiniz bundan eminim.
Her kitap başta sizden bir şans ister ve sabır bekler. Sonrası malum...
Kitapta sıkça Kızılderili kelimelerine yer verildiği için başlarda bu yeni ve okunması bazen zor gelen kelimeler kitabı zor okunabilir gösterebilir gözünüzde. Ama ileriki sayfalarda buna alışacaksınız ve kendinizi nehrin akıntısına vereceksiniz bundan eminim.
Her kitap başta sizden bir şans ister ve sabır bekler. Sonrası malum...
October 10, 2025
din, dil, irk, zaman, mekan zart zort hicbir sey fark etmeksizin erkeklerin konu kadinlar -aslinda genel anlamda herhangi bir sey- olunca bu kadar igrenc, bu kadar vahsi olmalarindan nefret ediyorum. ve bir kadin olarak asla ama asla rahat ya da bu dunyaya ait hissetmiyorum.
March 9, 2016
İsimler çok karışık onun dışında akıcı ve güzel bir kitap
December 19, 2017
Sevimli Zeze'mizi bize kazandıran Bay Vasconcelos'tan bir kızılderili melezin iki kültür arasında sıkışmasını, beyaz tarafından gelen hırs ve acımasızlığı, kızılderili tarafının güçlü yanlarıyla birleştirmesiyle hayatının nasıl değiştirdiğini okuyoruz. Elbette bir "Şeker Portakalı" değil ama 'Kanau' ile tanışmak da bir ayrıcalıktı. Tavsiye ederim. =)
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