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Child of the Dark: The Diary of Carolina Maria de Jesus (50th Anniversary Edition) (Paperback)

by Carolina Maria Jesus (Author), Carolina Maria de Jesus (Author), David St Clair (Translator)
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  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Signet Classics; Anv edition (Oct 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0451529103
  • ISBN-13: 978-0451529107
  • Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.2 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 336,592 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Poverty and ignorance still exist today, 4 Sep 1998
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This review is from: Child of the Dark (Mentor) (Paperback)
This book is both an uplifting and depressing work. For anyone who has ever visited the third world, and especially for those that never have; this book is a must read. It is uplifting and inspiring in showing the heroine's sheer strength of character that gets her through a life that would most certainly kill most of us. Written without pretense, it is a brutal indictment of the negative forces that constantly try the human spirtit. Here the enemy is not one person, or an army or even the poverty that wreaks havoc on the lives of these people, but rather the world's tolerance and acceptance of the pain, hunger suffering and injustices that are created by a world where the the rich can justify their greed by demoninzing their own creation: the conditons that make people live in utter desperation. Poverty and ignorance are not romantized here but instead like in Buñuel's film Los Olvidados, Child of the Dark shows us that hunger and loss of dignity brings out the worst in people. It is depressing because we all know that places like this exist not only in Brazil, but in almost all countries on earth, and that we all share in the guilt of allowing such horror to exist.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Hard life of favelados people in Brazil, 15 Dec 1998
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This review is from: Child of the Dark (Mentor) (Paperback)
the daily diary of the Carolina De Jesus describes a daily hard life of a woman, who picked up paper and metal everyday just to get enough money to feed her children. Also, in her diary she describes the horrible realatioship of the government to the people of the lower class.. The hunger and poorness of these people clearly illustrates in this book. The contest of these book clearly reflevt it's title, "Child of The Dark."
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5.0 out of 5 stars To the person who said it was written in a lower level, 27 Jan 2007
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The review that said it was written in a lower level. Did you not realize that it was written by a poor woman who only had up to 2nd grade education. Pay attention! This fact is what makes the book even that more powerful and uplifting. A very profound piece of literature!
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5.0 out of 5 stars A sad look at the reality of life in Brazil.
The dairy of Carolina Maria de Jesus described the daily routine life in a favela- a human garbage dump, house of the poor, the hungry, the desperate. Read more
Published on 11 Dec 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars great book
this book is very moving and interesting; yet it is written too much on a younger level a lot of the verbs don't match; there are tons of errors; nevertheless, it still is... Read more
Published on 4 Nov 1998

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