“Child of the dark: the diary of Carolina Maria de Jesus (1962)” by Carolina Maria de Jesus | Book

Synopsis: “The daily life of the favela has already been told by various authors in different ways. In this book, the perspective is different: it is that of someone who lives in the favela, more specifically that of a paper picker who only was able to reach the second year of elementary school.

Child of the dark: the diary of Carolina Maria de Jesus is an edition of the diaries of Carolina Maria de Jesus, a migrant from Sacramento, Minas Gerais, a single mother and resident of São Paulo’s first major favela, Canindé, which was cleared in the mid-1960s for the construction of the Marginal do Tietê.

The book recounts the bitter reality of the favelas in the 1950s: the customs of its inhabitants, the violence, the misery, the hunger and the difficulties in obtaining food. Time has passed, the city has grown, but the reality of those living in poverty hasn’t changed much. This makes Carolina’s story timeless, always moving.

A best-seller translated into 13 languages, Child of the dark: the diary of Carolina Maria de Jesus is also an important reference for cultural and social studies, both in Brazil and abroad.”

The book is available for free at Archive.org.

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1960

AUTORES

Carolina Maria de Jesus

EDITORES

Editora Ática