Les Brahmanes

by Francisco Luis Gomes and edited by Everton V. Machado, translated by Leon de Claranges Lucotte

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Extent: 235 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Subjects: Literary Studies

Series: Litteratures du monde

Series volume number: 5

Language: French, Portuguese

Paperback (Published)

(November 2016)

ISBN: 9782406066125

Price: $18.00

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Published in Portugal in 1866 by the Indian writer Goa Francisco Luis Gomes (1829-1869), Les Brahmanesis not only one of the first anti-colonial novels in the history of modern fiction, but also one of the first to attack the Hindu caste system openly.


Published in Portugal in 1866 by the Indian writer Goa Francisco Luis Gomes (1829-1869), Les Brahmanesis not only one of the first anti-colonial novels in the history of modern fiction, but also one of the first to attack the Hindu caste system openly.

  • By (author) Francisco Luis Gomes
  • Edited by Everton V Machado
  • Translated by Leon de Claranges Lucotte

Review - French Le romanLes Brahmanes, publie en 1866 au Portugal par l'Indien de Goa Francisco Luis Gomes (1829-1869), pourrait etre considere comme etant non seulement le premier ouvrage de fiction anticolonialiste de l'histoire de la litterature moderne, mais encore celui qui a le premier attaque frontalement le systeme hindou des castes. L'auteur a encore l'audace de promouvoir dans son livre un mariage interethnique, au moment meme ou les theories raciales faisaient irruption en Occident. La perspective chretienne de l'auteur - un catholique liberal elu au le Parlement portugais - reserve pourtant de mauvaises surprises au lecteur avise.
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