Estação Carandiru
Estação Carandiru ("Carandiru Station") is a 1999 novel-memoir by Brazilian physician and AIDS specialist Drauzio Varella. The story is based on Varella's time as a physician volunteering at Carandiru Penitentiary in São Paulo from 1989 up to the 1992 massacre which left 111 inmates dead, but is made up of fictionalized incidents and characters.
| Author | Drauzio Varella |
|---|---|
| Original title | Estação Carandiru |
| Cover artist | Hélio de Almeida |
| Country | Brazil |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Subject | Human and Social Sciences, Sociology |
| Set in | Carandiru Penitentiary |
| Publisher | Companhia das Letras |
Publication date | 1999 |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 297 (first edition) |
| Awards | Prêmio Jabuti for Non-fiction Book of the Year (2000) |
| ISBN | 978-8-571-64897-5 |
With more than 500,000 copies sold, Estação Carandiru is one of the all-time best-sellers in Brazil and was adapted into the 2003 film Carandiru directed by Héctor Babenco.[1] Varella is portrayed by Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos in the film.[2] The book won the Brazilian literary award Prêmio Jabuti in 2000.[3]
The book, first in a trilogy, was followed by Carcereiros ("Jailers") in 2012 which chronicles prison life based on testimony of prison officials. Prisioneiras ("[Female] Prisoners"), about the women's prison in São Paulo, will end the trilogy.[4]
References
- "Drauzio Varella volta ao universo das prisões em 'Carcereiros'". O Estado de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). 25 September 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- Michael Wilmington (28 May 2004). "'Carandiru' a prison drama that grips viewers". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- "Tragédia do Carandiru inspirou livros, filmes e músicas". Globo.com (in Portuguese). 2 October 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- "Drauzio Varella recria 'Estação Carandiru' com a versão dos carcereiros". Universo Online (in Portuguese). 5 September 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2013.