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Sagarana by João Guimarães Rosa
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I ordered this book on the internet. I thought I was ordering the English translation, but instead the Spanish original arrived in the mail. I felt foolish.
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September 2, 2012 – Shelved
December 18, 2016 – Shelved as: to-read

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message 1: by Edward (new)
Sep 21, 2012 03:51PM

Edward Rathke I've accidentally bought two books in french. It's very frustrating.


message 2: by Sabrina (new)
Nov 22, 2012 05:15PM

Sabrina The original is in Brazilian Portuguese since the author is Brazilian...


message 3: by Alessandra (new) - added it
Dec 23, 2012 12:37PM

Alessandra why dont you all just get an e-reader?


message 4: by Lea (new) - rated it 5 stars
Dec 14, 2014 11:57AM

Lea Vingthebody The original is in Portuguese!
Anyway, when you find the opportunity to read it, i'm sure you won't regret.


message 5: by Jose (new) - added it
May 24, 2018 09:05PM

Jose Melo I’d dare to think that Rosa can only be experienced in his original Portuguese-linguistic universe, although I don’t know any of his work translations


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