original_language_of_work the two deaths of quincas wateryell
A novella is a work of written , fictional , narrative prose normally longer than a short story but shorter than a novel . The ___MASK24___ word "" novella " derives from the Italian " novella ", feminine of " novello ", which means " new ". The novella is a common literary genre in several European languages . The Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell ( A Morte e a Morte de Quincas Berro D ' água ) , is a 1959 Brazilian Modernist novella by Jorge Amado . In 2012 , it was republished in ___MASK24___ as The Double Death of Quincas Water - Bray . Jorge Leal Amado de Faria ( 10 August 1912  6 August 2001 ) was a Brazilian writer of the modernist school . He remains the best known of modern Brazilian writers , with his work having been translated into some 49 languages and popularized in film , notably " Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands " in 1978 . His work reflects the image of a Mestiço ___MASK28___ and is marked by religious syncretism . He depicted a cheerful and optimistic country that was beset , at the same time , with deep social and economic differences . Mestiço , in Colonial ___MASK28___ , the ___MASK39___ - speaking part of Latin America , was initially used to refer to a person with both European and Native South American Amerindian blood only . Later , with both the introduction of African slavery by the ___MASK39___ to ___MASK28___ and interracial mixing , other categories began to emerge . ___MASK28___ , officially the Federative Republic of ___MASK28___ , is the largest country in both South America and Latin America . As the world ' s fifth - largest country by both area and population , it is the largest country to have ___MASK39___ as an official language and the only one in the Americas . Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east , ___MASK28___ has a coastline of . It borders all other South American countries except Ecuador and Chile and covers 47 . 3 % of the continent ' s land area . Its Amazon River basin includes a vast tropical forest , home to diverse wildlife , a variety of ecological systems , and extensive natural resources spanning numerous protected habitats . This unique environmental heritage makes ___MASK28___ one of 17 megadiverse countries , and is the subject of significant global interest and debate regarding deforestation and environmental protection .