A Very Brazilian Christmas: The Greatest Brazilian Holiday Stories of All Time [Hardcover]

A literary celebration of Christmas south of the equator where the holiday falls during the Brazilian summer and festivities are punctuated by the rhythms of surf and samba. Including works by classic and contemporary authors, this bountiful, surprising anthology features a potent mix of familial feasts, poetry, the peal of church bells, Midnight Masses, and U.S. expatriates flirting at parties in Rio de Janeiro. With writings by Machado de Assis, Mário de Andrade, Clarice Lispector, Paulo Coelho, Graciliano Ramos, Lygia Fagundes Telles, Moacyr Scliar, Rubem Braga, Victor Heringer, Bruna Dantas Lobato, and more. 

Mário de Andrade(1893-1945) was a Brazilian novelist, poet, and musicologist deeply involved in the avant-garde movement. His 1928 novelMacunaímawas one of the foundational texts of Brazilian Modernism. 

Clarice Lispector(1920-1977) was a Ukrainian-born Brazilian novelist and short story writer. Her debut novel,Near to the Wild Heart, published in 1943, was a sensation and won the prestigious Graça Aranha Prize.

Rubem Braga(1913-1990) was a Brazilian writer of short prose sketches. After attending law school, Braga served as a war correspondent in Italy during World War II. During his long career, Braga contributed to newspapers in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.

Paulo Coelho(1947 -     ) was born in Rio de Janeiro. He is the author of twenty-two international bestsellers and is best known for his novelThe Alchemist.  

St. José de Anchieta(1534-1597) was a Jesuit missionary to Brazil who was instrumental in founding the cities of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Considered the father of Brazilian litelӿ