The Obscene Madame D
- 57pages
- 2 heures de lecture
The English-language debut of one of Brazil's leading writers of the twentieth century
Hilda Hilst Livres
Hilda Hilst était une auteure brésilienne dont les œuvres exploraient l'intimité délicate, la folie et les événements surnaturels. Sa fiction et sa poésie appartiennent souvent à la tradition du réalisme magique. Pendant près de cinquante ans, elle s'est consacrée à la création littéraire, et son travail a remporté d'importants prix littéraires brésiliens.
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
Os Cem Melhores Contos Brasileiros do Século
- 618pages
- 22 heures de lecture
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.