The Obscene Madame D
- 57 páginas
- 2 horas de lectura
The English-language debut of one of Brazil's leading writers of the twentieth century
Hilda Hilst fue una autora brasileña cuyas obras exploraron la delicada intimidad, la locura y los eventos sobrenaturales. Su ficción y poesía a menudo pertenecen a la tradición del realismo mágico. Durante casi cincuenta años, se dedicó a la creación literaria y su obra obtuvo importantes premios literarios brasileños.




The English-language debut of one of Brazil's leading writers of the twentieth century
Something has changed in Amos Keres, a university mathematics professor - his sentences trail off in class, he is disgusted by the sight of his wife and son, and he longs to flee the comfortable bourgeois life he finds himself a part of. Most difficult of all are his struggles to express what has happened to him, for a man more accustomed to numbers than words. He calls it 'the clearcut unhoped-for, ' and it's a vision that will drive him to madness and, eventually, death
Finalista do Jabuti. Coletânea organizada por Ítalo Moriconi, pautada por critérios como gosto e qualidade, reafirmando o alto nível de nossa produção além de apresentar uma galeria de autores e textos há muito esquecidos ou ainda não descobertos.