by José Emilio Pacheco · Oficina do Livro · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789895551774
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«As batalhas no deserto» is the novel by José Emilio Pacheco, published by Oficina do Livro in paperback (84 pages, in Portuguese).
Carlitos experiences an impossible love in a modernizing Mexico. The novel portrays social and political corruption, the disappearance of the traditional country, and the intensity of childhood memories, with simple, refined, and moving language.
This 2006 edition is the Portuguese translation of «Las batallas en el desierto» by José Emilio Pacheco, original work from 1981, translated by Luísa Diogo and Carlos Torres.
For readers of classic Latin American fiction seeking a brief story of love, memory, and social transformation.
José Emilio Pacheco Berny was a Mexican poet, essayist, novelist and short story writer. He is regarded as one of the major Mexican poets of the second half of the 20th century. The Berlin International Literature Festival has praised him as "one of the most significant contemporary Latin American poets". In 2009 he was awarded the Cervantes Prize for his literary oeuvre.
