Éramos Seis
File:ÉramosSeis-Cover.jpg
Classic cover of the paperback edition
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Author | Maria José Dupré |
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Country | Brazil |
Language | Portuguese |
Genre | Novel |
Published | 1943 |
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Followed by | Dona Lola |
Éramos Seis ("We Were Six") is a 1943 Brazilian novel by Maria José Dupré about a struggling middle-class family in São Paulo.[1] Praised by writer and critic Monteiro Lobato, it became a best-selling novel and was awarded the Raul Pompeia Prize for best work of 1943 by the Brazilian Academy of Letters.[1] Dupré published a sequel called Dona Lola in 1949.[1]
Éramos Seis has been adapted as a telenovela four times, in 1958, 1967, 1977, and 1994.
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Plot
Éramos Seis chronicles the struggles of a middle-class family in São Paulo through the eyes of its matriarch Dona Lola.[1]
Reception
Éramos Seis was praised by writer and critic Monteiro Lobato and became a best-selling novel.[1] It was awarded the Raul Pompeia Prize for best work of 1943 by the Brazilian Academy of Letters.[1] Darlene Joy Sadlier writes that Lola's "strength, good humor, love, and ingenuity make for a compelling image of the 'ordinary' wife and mother."[1] She notes that the novel's title is poignant because Lola's husband dies halfway through and the family subsequently disintegrates.[1] The popularity of Lola with the Brazilian public prompted Dupré to publish the sequel Dona Lola in 1949.[1]
Adaptations
To date, Éramos Seis has been adapted for television four times. It was first presented as a telenovela by Rede Record in 1958.[2] The novel was next adapted twice by Rede Tupi, in 1967[3] and 1977.[4] Finally, it was adapted by Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão in 1994.
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References
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