The Sad End of Policarpo Quaresma
Jun 2026 · Haberdash Books
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Brazil’s most important novel you’ve never heard of. A patriot’s dream of rebuilding Brazil, and how the republic destroyed him for it. From Haberdash Books.
Brazil’s most important novel you’ve never heard of. A patriot’s dream of rebuilding Brazil, and how the republic destroyed him for it. From Haberdash Books.
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Lima Barreto (1881–1922) was a Brazilian journalist and novelist whose work gave voice to the poor and marginalised in Rio de Janeiro at the turn of the century. Triste Fim de Policarpo Quaresma (1915) is considered one of the greatest novels in Brazilian literature — a tragicomic portrait of a patriot destroyed by the state he loved.
Haberdash Books is dedicated to bringing overlooked works of European and world literature into English. We specialise in nineteenth and early twentieth-century fiction from lesser-translated languages and traditions.
Lima Barreto (1881–1922) was a Brazilian journalist and novelist whose work gave voice to the poor and marginalised in Rio de Janeiro at the turn of the century. Triste Fim de Policarpo Quaresma (1915) is considered one of the greatest novels in Brazilian literature — a tragicomic portrait of a p...
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