{"product_id":"two-girls-and-other-essays-paperback","title":"Two Girls: And Other Essays - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoberto Schwarz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eFrancis Mulhern\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eFrancis Mulhern\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoberto Schwarz is the foremost literary critic of his generation in Brazil and the most important Marxist practitioner in the tradition of the Frankfurt School writing anywhere today. This collection confirms the international significance of Schwarz's critical achievement. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStudies of Kafka and Brecht respectively open and close the volume, which includes incisive studies of contemporary poetry and fiction in Brazil. The centerpiece is the hitherto untranslated \u003ci\u003eTwo Girls\u003c\/i\u003e, which brings together two strongly contrasting narratives of girls' lives--one a classic novel, the other an adolescent's diary--to substantiate the crucial concept of objective form. With key reflections on theory and method and an illuminating account of the general historical importance of his exemplary Brazilian novelist, Machado de Assis, \u003ci\u003eTwo Girls\u003c\/i\u003e compellingly demonstrates the logic and significance of Schwarz's work for an English-language readership.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoberto Schwarz\u003c\/b\u003e, born in Vienna in 1938, grew up in S?o Paulo, studying there and later in the United States and France. His books in English include \u003ci\u003eTwo Girls\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMisplaced Ideas: Essays on Brazilian Culture\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Master on the Periphery of Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e, the central component of his study of Machado. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrancis Mulhern\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Editor of \u003ci\u003eNew Left Review\u003c\/i\u003e. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Moment of \"Scrutiny\"\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCulture\/Metaculture\u003c\/i\u003e and the edited collection \u003ci\u003eLives on the Left: Interviews with New Left Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 16, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52704111690035,"sku":"9781844679652","price":41.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/rwjhDOMjZh9781844679652.webp?v=1763348231","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/two-girls-and-other-essays-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}