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wrote that "you've written eight stories like nobody has come even close to writing in Brazil", adding that the book would be "exactly, sincerely, indisputably, and even humbly, the best book of stories ever published in Brazil".
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told her: "I haven't written about your book of stories out of sheer embarrassment to tell you what I think of it. Here goes: the most important story collection published in this country since
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211:"The Smallest Woman in the World" ("A menor mulher do mundo")
226:"Mystery in São Cristóvão" ("Mistério em São Cristóvão")
223:"The Beginnings of a Fortune" ("Começos de uma fortuna")
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