O Carater Nacional Brasileiro : Historia de Uma Ideologia

Sao Paulo, SP, Brasil: Livraria Pioneira Editora, 1983. 4th Edition . Soft cover. Good. On the back of the book, along the spine edge, one inch from the tail, there is a puncture, as if the book was whacked against the lip of a shelf. This is visible in the last 30 pages of text as a pinhole near the binding (i.e., not affecting text or compromising binding). In addition to this, there is generalised scuffing of the wraps, rub marks along the edges, light creasing of corners. Still very much a solid, square, clean book with no spine cracks or creases. Text in Portuguese. This self-proclaimed "4th definitive edition" published in 1983 was brought to fruition under the editorial supervision of Lolio Lourenco de Oliveira being that the author passed away in 1976. This posthumous edition also includes an introduction by Alfredo Bosi. There are sufficient elaborations to necessitate that this edition accompany or supercede any prior publication of Leite's lifelong quest to answer the question "What is it to be Brazilian?