Castro, Josue de

New York. 1970. Vanguard. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket . 0814906672. Translated from the Portuguese by Susan Hertelendy. 190 pages. hardcover. Jacket design & illustration: ADAMIAK. keywords: Literature Translated Brazil Latin America. FROM THE PUBLISHER - In OF MEN AND CRABS, Dr. JosuE de Castro, one of the world's great authorities on hunger, writes a novel about hunger's drama. His poignant story is set in Recife, Brazil, a city of rivers and bridges and mansions, of mud and mangrove and clay shacks. In its marshes live both men and crabs, all obsessed by the craving for food. Here a small boy, João Paulo, discovers the real meaning of hunger-the hunger of the crabs at the water's edge waiting for the current to bring them a scrap; the hunger of the men sitting on the rail of the old quay dribbling with dreams of imaginary meals. Without really understanding, Joäo Paulo lives in hunger's constant presence-a presence that shapes all the behavior of Recife's people. With despotic iron hands, it makes of both men and crabs a mire that is not only Recife's, but belongs as well to two billion others who know its ravaging anguish. OF MEN AND CRABS is a story of and for our time, a totally human story of a universal drama being played daily throughout the world. inventory #28095 ISBN: 0814906672.