Prison Memoirs

Name: Prison Memoirs
Author: Graciliano Ramos

by Graciliano Ramos

Autobiographical account of Ramos's arrest and imprisonment for political views

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Graciliano Ramos

Brazilian novelist of the Northeastern school whose Vidas Secas (Barren Lives) is a masterwork of stark, compassionate social realism depicting the lives of drought refugees. He was imprisoned under Vargas without trial.

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Barren LivesDrought-stricken family's desperate struggle for survival in rural Brazil
AngustiaMan's psychological descent into paranoia and inner turmoil
Sao BernardoLandowner reflects on marriage and moral compromises from his deathbed
ChildhoodMemoir of the author's childhood in poverty-stricken Brazil
CaeteDebut novel exploring murder, obsession, and small-town secrets
Memoirs of PrisonMemoir of Ramos's imprisonment and psychological torment during dictatorship