Timeline
Lifetime:
1863 -
1895
Passed: ≈
130 years ago
Title
Writer
Country/Nationality
Raul Pompéia
Books by Raul Pompéia
Ateneu
Fiction
Drama
Novel
Violence
Coming-of-age
Impressionism
Boarding school
Criticism of society
Power dynamics
O Ateneu is a novel by Brazilian writer Raul Pompeia, considered the only example of an impressionist novel in Brazilian literature. First published in 1888, the book tells the story of Sérgio, a boy who is sent to a prestigious boarding school in Ri...