Éramos Seis

Éramos Seis
"We Were Six"

Classic cover of the paperback edition
Author Maria José Dupré
Country Brazil
Language Portuguese
Genre Novel
Published 1943
Media type Print
Followed by Dona Lola

Éramos Seis ("We Were Six") is a 1943 Brazilian novel by Maria José Dupré about a struggling middle-class family in São Paulo.[1] Praised by writer and critic Monteiro Lobato, it became a best-selling novel and was awarded the Raul Pompeia Prize for best work of 1943 by the Brazilian Academy of Letters.[1] Dupré published a sequel called Dona Lola in 1949.[1]

Éramos Seis has been adapted as a telenovela four times, in 1958, 1967, 1977, and 1994.

Plot

Éramos Seis chronicles the struggles of a middle-class family in São Paulo through the eyes of its matriarch Dona Lola.[1]

Reception

Éramos Seis was praised by writer and critic Monteiro Lobato and became a best-selling novel.[1] It was awarded the Raul Pompeia Prize for best work of 1943 by the Brazilian Academy of Letters.[1] Darlene Joy Sadlier writes that Lola's "strength, good humor, love, and ingenuity make for a compelling image of the 'ordinary' wife and mother."[1] She notes that the novel's title is poignant because Lola's husband dies halfway through and the family subsequently disintegrates.[1] The popularity of Lola with the Brazilian public prompted Dupré to publish the sequel Dona Lola in 1949.[1]

Adaptations

To date, Éramos Seis has been adapted for television four times. It was first presented as a telenovela by Rede Record in 1958.[2] The novel was next adapted twice by Rede Tupi, in 1967[3] and 1977.[4] Finally, it was adapted by Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão in 1994.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Sadlier, Darlene Joy (February 1, 1992). One Hundred Years After Tomorrow: Brazilian Women's Fiction in the 20th Century. Indiana University Press. pp. 58–75. ISBN 0-253-35045-X. Retrieved February 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ Éramos Seis (1958) at the Internet Movie Database
  3. ↑ Éramos Seis (1967) at the Internet Movie Database
  4. ↑ Éramos Seis (1977) at the Internet Movie Database


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