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1999 novel-memoir by Drauzio Varella From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Estação Carandiru ("Carandiru Station") is a 1999 novel-memoir by Brazilian physician and AIDS specialist Drauzio Varella. The story is based on Varella's time as a physician volunteering at Carandiru Penitentiary in São Paulo from 1989 up to the 1992 massacre which left 111 inmates dead, but is made up of fictionalized incidents and characters.
Author | Drauzio Varella |
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Original title | Estação Carandiru |
Cover artist | Hélio de Almeida |
Language | Portuguese |
Subject | Human and Social Sciences, Sociology |
Set in | Carandiru Penitentiary |
Publisher | Companhia das Letras |
Publication date | 1999 |
Publication place | Brazil |
Media type | Print (paperback) |
Pages | 297 (first edition) |
Awards | Prêmio Jabuti for Non-fiction Book of the Year (2000) |
ISBN | 978-8-571-64897-5 |
With more than 500,000 copies sold, Estação Carandiru is one of the all-time best-sellers in Brazil and was adapted into the 2003 film Carandiru directed by Héctor Babenco.[1] Varella is portrayed by Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos in the film.[2] The book won the Brazilian literary award Prêmio Jabuti in 2000.[3]
The book, first in a trilogy, was followed by Carcereiros ("Jailers") in 2012 which chronicles prison life based on testimony of prison officials. Prisioneiras ("[Female] Prisoners"), about the women's prison in São Paulo, will end the trilogy.[4]
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