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Portuguese > English: Period Biographic Fiction, about 30,000 words

Period Biographic Fiction !?

the book is not finished but I think will be about 30,000 words

This book tells the history of a German girl (12 or 13 years old) kidnaped from a port in Rio de Janeiro at the time of slavery in Brazil… The reader will follow her life thru adulthood on the hands of a military man who also was a farmer and slave trader. In parallel the reader will also see the Brazilian independence from Portugal and the beginning of the Republic. The whole thing is written like a movie. Maria Eugenia will give birth to 7 sons who will also play a part on this history.

Text sample:
Capítulo I - Torres

Ano 1811, Oceano Atlântico.

Debaixo de um Sol escaldante, a galera São José lentamente vai avançando, abrindo espaço com dificuldade através de um mar sem pena. De longe, é apenas um pingo deslizando lentamente numa imensidão que parece sem fim.

No convés do barco o ar parece inexistente. Um mormaço salgado não deixa espaço para refugio nem na sombra. Ali, alguns marinheiros, com dificuldade, esforçam-se para manterem algum tipo de rotina mas, parece-lhes impossível. Caminham lentamente e seus gestos são grosseiros e de pura insatisfação. O clima abordo é de revolta e desconfiança, daquele tipo de desconfiança que sugere motim.

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Portuguese > English

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