''Chuva Braba'' (

Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Port ...

meaning ''Strong Rain'') is a

novel A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itsel ...

published in 1956 by Cape Verdean author

Manuel Lopes Manuel Lopes may refer to: * Manuel Lopes Rodrigues (1860-1917), Brazilian painter * Manuel Lopes (barber) (died 1895), Cape Verdean-American barber * Manuel Lopes (writer) Manuel António de Sousa Lopes (December 23, 1907 – January 25, 2005) w ...

. The book was awarded the Fernão Mendes Pinto award. Along with ''

Claridade ''Claridade'' ( Portuguese for "light") was a literary review inaugurated in 1936 in the city of Mindelo on the island of São Vicente, Cape Verde. It was part of a movement of cultural, social, and political emancipations of the Cape Verdean so ...

'', Baltazar Lopes participated with Manuel Lopes and Jorge Barbosa with founded members of the review and the name was the movement in the main activists of the same.

In other languages

The book has been translated into English by Rosendo Évora Brito, titled ''Wild Rain'', published in 1982 and re-issued in 1994. The Spanish version of the novel was translated by Rodolfo Alpízar Castillo and was published in Cuba in 1989.

References

1956 novels Books by Manuel Lopes Cape Verdean literature Cape Verdean novels {{1950s-novel-stub