Eviction Room: diary of a favela resident - by Carolina Maria de Jesus

Best Seller in Brazil!

From the diary of paper collector Carolina Maria de Jesus came this authentic example of true literature, which tells the sad and cruel daily life of the favela. With simple, but forceful and original language, the author moves the reader through the realism and sensitivity in the way she tells what she saw, lived and felt during the years she lived in the community of Canindé, in São Paulo, with her three children. . By reading this story - a true best-seller in Brazil and abroad - you will follow the hard daily lives of those who don't have a tomorrow. And you will sadly realize that, even though it was written in the 1950s, this book has never lost its relevance.