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Luiz Ruffato: O verão tardio (Late Summer)

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  • Post published:4 July 2021
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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…

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Emilio Fraia: Sevastopol (Sevastopol)

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  • Post published:1 June 2021
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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)…

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João Gilberto Noll: Harmada (Harmada)

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  • Post published:9 November 2020
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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…

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Brazilian literature Part 2

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  • Post published:19 February 2020
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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…

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Antônio Xerxenesky: F

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  • Post published:19 February 2020
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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…

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João Gilberto Noll: Hotel Atlântico (UK: Hotel Atlântico; US: Atlantic Hotel)

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  • Post published:17 February 2020
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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…

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Hilda Hilst: A obscena senhora D (The Obscene Madame D)

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  • Post published:16 February 2020
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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…

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Ignácio de Loyola Brandão: Não verás país nenhum (And Still the Earth)

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  • Post published:15 February 2020
  • Post category:Brazil/Dystopia/The Modern Novel website
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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…

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Oswald de Andrade: Serafim Ponte Grande (Seraphim Grosse Pointe)

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  • Post published:12 February 2020
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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…

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Moacyr Scliar: Os leopardos de Kafka (Kafka’s Leopards)

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  • Post published:11 February 2020
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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.…

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