Luiz Ruffato: O verão tardio (Late Summer)
The latest addition to my website is Luiz Ruffato's O verão tardio (Late Summer). Our hero/narrator is Oseias Moretto Nunes. Like the author, he was born in Cataguases, a small…
Emilio Fraia: Sevastopol (Sevastopol)
The latest addition to my website is Emilio Fraia's Sevastopol (Sevastopol). This consists of three linked stories inspired by Tolstoy's Sevastopol Sketches, though only one is actually set (in part)…
João Gilberto Noll: Harmada (Harmada)
The latest addition to my website is João Gilberto Noll's Harmada (Harmada). This is another strange novel from the Brazilian writer. We follow an unnamed man, a former actor, as…
Brazilian literature Part 2
I have now read twenty Brazilian novels in a row by twenty different authors. The oldest one was first published in 1902, the most recent in 2014. Six of the…
Antônio Xerxenesky: F
The latest addition to my website is Antônio Xerxenesky's F. It tells the story of Ana, a young Brazilian woman who travels to Los Angeles to meet her uncle, a…
João Gilberto Noll: Hotel Atlântico (UK: Hotel Atlântico; US: Atlantic Hotel)
The latest addition to my website is João Gilberto Noll's Hotel Atlântico (UK: Hotel Atlântico; US: Atlantic Hotel). Our nameless hero is seemingly a man whose identity is unclear and…
Hilda Hilst: A obscena senhora D (The Obscene Madame D)
The latest addition to my website is Hilda Hilst's A obscena senhora D (The Obscene Madame D). Our narrator is Hillé,a sixty year old Brazilian woman. Her husband, Ehud, has…
Ignácio de Loyola Brandão: Não verás país nenhum (And Still the Earth)
The latest addition to my website is Ignácio de Loyola Brandão's Não verás país nenhum (And Still the Earth). This is the classic Brazilian dystopian novel, published in 1981 (when…
Oswald de Andrade: Serafim Ponte Grande (Seraphim Grosse Pointe)
The latest addition to my website is Oswald de Andrade's Serafim Ponte Grande (Seraphim Grosse Pointe). This novel, published in 1933, is an avant-garde, absurdist work. De Andrade switches between…
Moacyr Scliar: Os leopardos de Kafka (Kafka’s Leopards)
The latest addition to my website is Moacyr Scliar's Os leopardos de Kafka (Kafka’s Leopards). This is a clever fable, whose unlikely hero, known as Mousy, is a Jewish tailor.…