The powerful firsthand account of life in the streets of Sao Paulo that drew international attention to the plight of the poor. Includes eight pages of photographs and an afterword by Robert M. Levine
Translated from the Portuguese by David S. Clair
[...]
In August 1960, the publication of "Quarto de Despejo" ("Child of the Dark") created a sensation in Brazil - and in the rest of the world - as it appeared in translations in fourteen languages. That diary of a poor black woman from a favela on the outskirts of Sao Paulo became the best-selling book [...]