Yayá Garcia by Machado de Assis
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"Yayá Garcia" by Machado de Assis is a novel published in 1878. Set in Rio de Janeiro's Santa Teresa neighborhood, it explores themes of family, love, and marriage through intertwining relationships. When Jorge goes to fight in the Paraguayan War to forget an impossible love for Estela, she marries his friend Luís Garcia out of convenience. Years later, Jorge returns decorated with military glory, bringing him back into the lives of Estela,
Luís, and his young daughter Iaiá, now grown, setting the stage for complex romantic entanglements. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Machado de Assis, 1839-1908 |
|---|---|
| Title | Yayá Garcia |
| Original Publication | Brazil: Livraria Garnier,1919. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iai%C3%A1_Garcia |
| Note | Also published as: Iaiá Garcia. |
| Credits | Laura Natal Rodrigues (Images generously made available by Hathi Trust Digital Library.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 55.7 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | Portuguese |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Brazil -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 67780 |
| Release Date | Apr 5, 2022 |
| Last Update | Oct 18, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 342 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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