Emigrantes

work by Ferreira de Castro

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Emigrantes is a 1928 novel by Portuguese writer José Maria Ferreira de Castro. The book draws heavily on Castro's own experiences working on a rubber plantation in the Amazon jungle. It vividly portrays the lives of Portuguese emigrants and the social dynamics among workers from various backgrounds in the Brazilian rainforest setting. Alongside A selva (1930), Emigrantes launched Ferreira de Castro's literary career, offering a realistic depiction of the region and its human dramas. Ferreira de Castro is considered a pioneer of contemporary Portuguese social-realist fiction.1

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José Maria Ferreira de Castro
Two novels—Emigrantes (1928; “Emigrants”) and A selva (1930; “The Jungle,” translated into more than a dozen languages)—launched Ferreira de Castro’s literary career and offered an almost photographic portrayal of an exotic region and its human tensions and high drama.
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Two novels—Emigrantes (1928; “Emigrants”) and A selva (1930; “The Jungle,” translated into more than a dozen languages)—launched Ferreira de Castro’s literary career and offered an almost photographic portrayal of an exotic region and its human tensions and high drama.
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