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This Vital Collection Is As Eclectic And Electric As Brazil Itself. These Stories -- Ranging From Vignettes, Sketches, And Prose Poems To Traditional Narratives -- Cover A Wide Geography, Physically, Thematically, And Stylistically. Tales Of Nature And Magic, Humor And Tragedy, Brutality And Delicacy, Sex And Violence Are Played Out Against Every Corner Of This Vast And Diverse Land: The Amazon, The Northeast, The Central West, And The South, As Well As In Brazil's Two Metropolises, Sao Paulo And Rio De Janeiro. The Earliest Story, Machado De Assis' The Wallet, Was Written At The End Of The Nineteenth Century. The Most Recent Were Written Especially For This Book. Brazil Is Noted For Its Vibrant Music And Celebrations; This Book Shows An Equally Rich Literary Scene For The Traveler Or Fan Of World -- And World-class -- Fiction. The Real José / Luis Fernando Verissimo -- The Wallet / Machado De Assis -- Account Of The Incident / Rubem Fonseca -- Altitude / Adriana Lisboa -- The Dead Man In The Sea At Urca Plaza Mauá / Clarice Lispector -- The Traffic Light / Helena Parente Cunha -- Josete Killed Herself / Sonia Coutinho -- Ipanema Is A Long Way From Home / Paula Parisot -- A Thing O

Author

Alexis Levitin; Gregory Rabassa

Publisher

Berkeley, Calif.: Whereabouts Press

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9781883513221

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Romance, Short Stories

Rating

3.42 / 5 (12 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13