Contos do Norte

audiobook

Contos do Norte

by João Marques de Carvalho

PT·~1 hours·21 chapters

Chapters

21 total

J. Marques de Carvalho

0:35

UMA HOMENAGEM

2:49

REPRESALIAS

0:00

REPRESALIAS

15:41

UM EXGOTTADO

0:00

UM EXGOTTADO

8:19

CONTO DO NATAL

0:01

CONTO DO NATAL

4:12

A NETA DA CABOCLA DE OURÉM

0:01

A NETA DA CABOCLA DE OURÉM

19:31

Description

A vivid tapestry of Amazonian life, this collection gathers the humble voices of Pará’s river‑people and coastal folk. The stories celebrate the rhythm of the jungle and the endless waterway, where a lone canoe becomes both home and herald of freedom for the seasoned caboclo. Through lyrical scenes of sunrise over tangled foliage, the crackle of a campfire and the quiet pull of a sail, listeners glimpse a world where simplicity and resilience shape everyday existence.

The first tales introduce Antonio, a fisherman who builds a modest shack on the fringe of sea and forest, and his son, who learn to carve a life from the mat‑tangled landscape. A sudden storm forces the family into stark choices, as the restless ocean swells and a daring gesture threatens to upend their fragile peace. These opening moments set a tone of stark beauty and quiet courage, inviting you to wander the riverbanks and sandy dunes of Brazil’s northern heart.

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Language

pt

Duration

~1 hours (104K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Pedro Saborano (produced from scanned images of public domain material from Google Book Search)

Release date

May 4, 2009

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

João Marques de Carvalho

João Marques de Carvalho

1866–1910

A vivid voice from Brazil’s Amazonian north, he brought Belém and the wider region into fiction with sharp naturalist detail. His work moves between journalism, diplomacy, and literature, giving readers a rich glimpse of life in late nineteenth-century Pará.

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