The Girl in the Photograph

“Telles’ novels and short stories probe the psyche of the Sao Paulo bourgeoisie . . . Telles examines the moral decay of the middle classes, viewed through the experiences of young heroines who are trapped between their own dreams and their rigid social class.” —Isabel Vincent, The Globe and Mail

 “A master of communicating a sense of wonder and fantasy.” —Raymond L. Williams, Columbia Guide to the Latin American Novel Since 1945

"Margaret Neves’s translation from the Portuguese sparkles with the energy, colloquialisms and inflections of youth ... nearly four decades after its original release, the concerns of The Girl in the Photograph are no less pressing. What power—or responsibility—does one have to one’s peers, or to one’s countrymen? What does it mean for a woman to be truly liberated? To what extent can one transcend ones past? As the currents of life pull the girls’ dramas forward to the novel’s cataclysmic end, these questions are hardly resolved. They remain a provocation, an invitation to look beyond the surface." —Words Without Borders