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The Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell

Index The Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell

The Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell (A Morte e a Morte de Quincas Berro D'água), is a 1959 Brazilian modernist novella by Jorge Amado. [1]

19 relations: Alfred A. Knopf, Brazil, Card sharp, Clown, Crime, Frog, Hardcover, Jorge Amado, Modernism, Novella, Paperback, Portuguese language, Prostitution, Regionalism (politics), Salvador, Bahia, Senhor (magazine), Slum, Viperidae, Weekend at Bernie's.

Alfred A. Knopf

Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. is a New York publishing house that was founded by Alfred A. Knopf Sr. and Blanche Knopf in 1915.

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Brazil

Brazil (Brasil), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (República Federativa do Brasil), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America.

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Card sharp

A card sharp (also cardsharp, card shark or cardshark, sometimes hyphenated) is a person who uses skill and/or deception to win at poker or other card games.

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Clown

Clowns are comic performers who employ slapstick or similar types of physical comedy, often in a mime style.

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Crime

In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority.

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Frog

A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura (Ancient Greek ἀν-, without + οὐρά, tail).

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Hardcover

A hardcover or hardback (also known as hardbound, and sometimes as case-bound) book is one bound with rigid protective covers (typically of Binder's board or heavy paperboard covered with buckram or other cloth, heavy paper, or occasionally leather).

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Jorge Amado

Jorge Leal Amado de Faria (10 August 1912 – 6 August 2001) was a Brazilian writer of the modernist school.

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Modernism

Modernism is a philosophical movement that, along with cultural trends and changes, arose from wide-scale and far-reaching transformations in Western society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Novella

A novella is a text of written, fictional, narrative prose normally longer than a short story but shorter than a novel, somewhere between 7,500 and 40,000 words.

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Paperback

A paperback is a type of book characterized by a thick paper or paperboard cover, and often held together with glue rather than stitches or staples.

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Portuguese language

Portuguese (português or, in full, língua portuguesa) is a Western Romance language originating from the regions of Galicia and northern Portugal in the 9th century.

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Prostitution

Prostitution is the business or practice of engaging in sexual activity in exchange for payment.

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Regionalism (politics)

In politics, regionalism is a political ideology that focuses on the national or normative interests of a particular region, group of regions or another subnational entity.

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Salvador, Bahia

Salvador, also known as São Salvador, Salvador de Bahia, and Salvador da Bahia, is the capital of the Brazilian state of Bahia.

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Senhor (magazine)

Senhor (also stylized as Sr., meaning Sir in English) was a monthly cultural magazine published in the period of 1959 and 1964.

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Slum

A slum is a highly populated urban residential area consisting mostly of closely packed, decrepit housing units in a situation of deteriorated or incomplete infrastructure, inhabited primarily by impoverished persons.

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Viperidae

The Viperidae (vipers) is a family of venomous snakes found in most parts of the world, excluding Antarctica, Australia, New Zealand, Madagascar, Hawaii, various other isolated islands, and north of the Arctic Circle.

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Weekend at Bernie's

Weekend at Bernie's is a 1989 American black comedy film written by Robert Klane and directed by Ted Kotcheff.

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Redirects here:

A Morte e a Morte de Quincas Berro Dagua, A Morte e a Morte de Quincas Berro Dágua.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Two_Deaths_of_Quincas_Wateryell

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