Éramos Seis
"We Were Six"
Classic cover of the paperback edition
AuthorMaria José Dupré
CountryBrazil
LanguagePortuguese
GenreNovel
Published1943
Media typePrint
Followed byDona 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 five times, in 1958, 1967, 1977, 1994 and 2019.

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 five 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] and by Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão in 1994. Finally, it was adapted by Rede Globo in 2019.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Sadlier, Darlene Joy (February 1, 1992). One Hundred Years After Tomorrow: Brazilian Women's Fiction in the 20th Century. Indiana University Press. pp. 58–75. ISBN 0-253-35045-X. Retrieved February 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ Éramos Seis (1958) at IMDb
  3. ↑ Éramos Seis (1967) at IMDb
  4. ↑ Éramos Seis (1977) at IMDb


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