LEADER 03674nam 22006014a 450 001 9910826877703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-292-79711-7 024 7 $a10.7560/706484 035 $a(CKB)1000000000456581 035 $a(OCoLC)320323981 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10245769 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000155600 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11147264 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000155600 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10112546 035 $a(PQKB)10432584 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443283 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443283 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10245769 035 $a(DE-B1597)587092 035 $a(OCoLC)1286806745 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292797116 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000456581 100 $a20050119d2005 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFirst world third class and other tales of the global mix /$fRegina Rheda ; Charles A. Perrone, volume editor ; translated from the Portuguese by Adria Frizzi ... [et al.] ; with an introduction by Christopher Dunn 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (276 p.) 225 1 $aTexas Pan American literature in translation series 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-292-70648-0 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tPreface: A Regina Rheda Reader?Titles, Subtitles, Versions, Reversions -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tPART 1 Stories from the Copan Building (1994) -- $tPART 2 First World Third Class (1996) -- $tPART 3 A Trio of Tales 330 $aRegina Rheda is a contemporary award-winning Brazilian writer whose original voice and style have won her many admirers. First World Third Class and Other Tales of the Global Mix presents some of her finest and most representative work to an English-speaking readership. Stories from the Copan Building consists of eight tales set in a famous residential building in São Paulo. The stories, like the apartment complex, are a microcosm of modern-day urban Brazil. They are witty, consistently caustic, and never predictable. Also in this volume is the poignant and often hilarious novel First World Third Class. It depicts young middle-class professionals and artists who, as opportunities in Brazil diminished, opted to leave their country, even if it meant taking menial jobs abroad. At the center of the narrative is Rita, a thirty-year-old aspiring filmmaker who migrates to England, and then Italy. She looks for work and love in all the wrong places, moving from city to city and from bed to bed. The last three stories in this collection also happen to be among the author's most recent. "The Enchanted Princess" is an ironic title for a postfeminist tale of a South American woman being wooed to marry an old-world gentleman who promises to take care of her every need. "The Sanctuary" concerns the living conditions of immigrant workers and farm animals. Equally piquant in nature, "The Front" deals with ecology, labor environments, and gender politics. 410 0$aTexas Pan American literature in translation series. 517 3 $aFirst world third class 517 3 $a1st world third class 676 $a869.3/42 700 $aRheda$b Regina$f1957-$01697148 701 $aPerrone$b Charles A$01697149 701 $aFrizzi$b Adria$01697150 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826877703321 996 $aFirst world third class and other tales of the global mix$94077625 997 $aUNINA