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Martha Batalha

Born 1973 · Brazil

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    Jabuti 2019 · Shortlist

    Nunca Houve um Castelo

    Title translated by AI:“There Was Never a Castle”

    Martha Batalha · 45 when first published

    Novel · 256 pages · Family, Historical

    AI-generated summary:Over 110 years, a Swedish consul's family in Rio, whose founder raised a castle in still-empty Ipanema in 1904, is shaped by two New Year's Eve parties seventy years apart.