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The Jaguar's Roar
In 1817, two German scientists traveled across Brazil and into the Amazon gathering flora and fauna to...
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In 1817, two German scientists traveled across Brazil and into the Amazon gathering flora and fauna to study and display in Europe. Among the collection they brought to the Bavarian court were two Indigenous children.
The children's images became widespread, satisfying European curiosity about the distant land they came from. But little was known about the children themselves. Despite the scientists' detailed records about many of the plant and animal specimens, they only noted the children's tribes: the girl was a Miranha, and the boy, a Juri. After a few months, the children died in Germany, far from anyone who knew their names.
The Jaguar's Roar, a spellbinding poetic novel told in many voices, imagines the children's journey and a modern Brazilian woman's effort to counter their disappearance from history.
In her award-winning fifth novel, Micheliny Verunschk inhabits the fictional perspective of the Miranha girl, of the jaguar she conjures for protection, of the German scientists who determine her fate, and of the two rivers that frame her life. Intertwined in this narrative is a story of Brazil's suppression of its Indigenous history, and of a young woman named Josefa, a newcomer unmoored in the megacity of São Paulo, who identifies with the girl after seeing her image in an exhibit and tries to recover the child's voice and story.
In Juliana Barbassa's vivid translation, Verunshuk's lyrical sentences carry the reader through a powerful exploration of memory, colonialism, and belonging, and make a lasting contribution to world literature.
Author: Micheliny Verunschk
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
Published: 12/02/2025
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.60w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781324097464
Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 11/01/2025 pg. 3
Publishers Weekly 10/20/2025
Booklist 11/01/2025
Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2025
About the Author
Verunschk, Micheliny: - Micheliny Verunschk is the author of five books and winner of the 2022 Jabuti Prize. She lives in Recife, Brazil.Barbassa, Juliana: - Juliana Barbassa is an award-winning journalist and author. She is a features editor at The New York Times and lives in New York City.
The children's images became widespread, satisfying European curiosity about the distant land they came from. But little was known about the children themselves. Despite the scientists' detailed records about many of the plant and animal specimens, they only noted the children's tribes: the girl was a Miranha, and the boy, a Juri. After a few months, the children died in Germany, far from anyone who knew their names.
The Jaguar's Roar, a spellbinding poetic novel told in many voices, imagines the children's journey and a modern Brazilian woman's effort to counter their disappearance from history.
In her award-winning fifth novel, Micheliny Verunschk inhabits the fictional perspective of the Miranha girl, of the jaguar she conjures for protection, of the German scientists who determine her fate, and of the two rivers that frame her life. Intertwined in this narrative is a story of Brazil's suppression of its Indigenous history, and of a young woman named Josefa, a newcomer unmoored in the megacity of São Paulo, who identifies with the girl after seeing her image in an exhibit and tries to recover the child's voice and story.
In Juliana Barbassa's vivid translation, Verunshuk's lyrical sentences carry the reader through a powerful exploration of memory, colonialism, and belonging, and make a lasting contribution to world literature.
Author: Micheliny Verunschk
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
Published: 12/02/2025
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.60w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781324097464
Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 11/01/2025 pg. 3
Publishers Weekly 10/20/2025
Booklist 11/01/2025
Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2025
About the Author
Verunschk, Micheliny: - Micheliny Verunschk is the author of five books and winner of the 2022 Jabuti Prize. She lives in Recife, Brazil.Barbassa, Juliana: - Juliana Barbassa is an award-winning journalist and author. She is a features editor at The New York Times and lives in New York City.
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