Os Componentes da Banda

by Adélia Prado

Neste livro, Adélia Prado descreve o seu mundo - uma cidade do interior -, a sua gente, a sua paisagem, numa linguagem ora comovida, ora indignada. Repleta de paixão e universalidade, ela cria música com seu lirismo.

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1984

About the author

Adélia Luzia Prado Freitas, is a Brazilian writer and poet. Started writing at the age of 40 which is relatively late in life for a poet. Although much of her outlook is religious, deeply Catholic, her works are often about the body.
Adélia Prado's poems were translated into English by Ellen Watson and published in a book entitled, The Alphabet in the Park. (Wesleyan University Press, 1990).

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Reviews

[Carol Neves · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a beautiful book! Not because of its story (actually, sometimes I asked myself: what story?), but because of its lyrical language. It’s a spoken language, the rhythm and words from the countryside of Minas Gerais (Brazil) make us feel like we are sat in front of the character hearing her talk about her life. It’s amazing!
The book brings the thoughts of Violeta in a kind of stream of consciousness, mixing brief stories, her analysis of herself in her mid-ages,her confessions, her life. We follow Violeta’s attempts to understand who she is, what her prejudices are, what her failures are.
As a poet, she made her fiction full of poetry.