The Bankruptcy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781800085671)

The first novel-length translation of J?lia Lopes de Almeida's writing into English.

Set in the early years of Brazil's Old Republic after the abolition of slavery, J?lia Lopes de Almeida's The Bankruptcy depicts the rise and fall of a wealthy coffee exporter against a kaleidoscopic background of glamour, poverty, seduction, and financial speculation. The novel introduces readers to a turbulent period in Brazilian history seething with new ideas about democracy, women's emancipation, and the role of religion in society. Originally published in 1901, its prescient critiques of financial capitalism and the patriarchal family remain relevant today.

In her lifetime, J?lia Lopes de Almeida was compared to Machado de Assis, the most important Brazilian writer of the nineteenth century. She was also considered for the inaugural list of members of the Brazilian Academy of Letters but was excluded because of her gender. In the decades after her death, her work was largely forgotten. This publication, a winner of the English PEN award, includes an introduction to the novel and a translators' preface and accompanies a general rediscovery of her extraordinary body of work in Brazil.


Author: J?lia Lopes de Almeida
ISBN-10: 1800085672
ISBN-13: 9781800085671
Publisher: UCL Press
Language: English
Published: 03/07/2024
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d