Details

Subject(s)

• Arreguy, Clara [Browse]
• Authors, Brazilian—20th century—Biography [Browse]
• Belo Horizonte (Brazil)—Social life and customs—20th century [Browse]
• Drug abuse—Brazil—Belo Horizonte—History—20th century [Browse]
• Belo Horizonte (Brazil)—Fiction [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Novels [Browse]

Summary note

A memoir and autobiographical novel by Brazilian author Clara Arreguy, exploring memories of her youth in Belo Horizonte in the 1960s and 1980s. The book is divided into two parts - the first a series of vignettes recalling childhood and family memories, and the second a fictionalized account of the author's experiences as a young woman frequenting Praça Esperanto, a landmark square in Belo Horizonte that became associated with drug use and counterculture in the 1980s. Themes include coming of age, drug experimentation, political activism during Brazil's re-democratization, and the challenges of reconstructing and understanding one's past.

Contents

• Memória para esquecer
• Praça Esperanto
• Claridade e algumas sombras.

ISBN

9786588256411

OCLC

1515042767

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