His memoirs, Infância (1945; âChildhoodâ), describe the hazards of his familyâs fortunes in the drought-stricken area, his meagre schooling, and the education he pieced together for himself by reading the works of Ămile Zola, JosĂŠ Maria de Eça de QueirĂłs, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, and Maxim Gorky.
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