Verlag:
Tagus Press at UMass Dartmouth, North Dartmouth
;
ProQuest, Ann Arbor, Michigan
In these seventeen stories by one of Brazil's foremost living authors, Fonseca introduces readers-with unsurpassed candor and keenness of observation-to a kaleidoscopic, often disturbing world. A hunchback sets his lascivious sights on seducing a...
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In these seventeen stories by one of Brazil's foremost living authors, Fonseca introduces readers-with unsurpassed candor and keenness of observation-to a kaleidoscopic, often disturbing world. A hunchback sets his lascivious sights on seducing a beautiful woman. A wealthy businessman hires a ghost writer, with unexpected results. A family of modern-day urban cannibals celebrates a bizarre rite of passage. A man roams the nocturnal streets of Rio de Janeiro in search of meaning. A male ex-police reporter writes an advice column under a female pseudonym. A prosperous entrepreneur picks up a beautiful girl in his Mercedes only to discover his costly mistake. A loser elaborates a lethal plan to become, in his mind, a winner.
Title Page; Contents; Arts and Trades; The Hunchback and Botticelli's Venus; The Game of Dead Men; The Blotter; Lonelyhearts; Mandrake; Guardian Angel; The Ship ""Catrineta""; The Art of Walking in the Streets of Rio de Janeiro; Belle; Xania; Be My Valentine; Kisses on the Cheek; Marta; Passion; The Brotherhood of Swords; Winning the Game; Acknowledgments
With an unflinching, unsentimental eye and a soupcon of black humor, Fonseca chronicles the foibles, manias, and obsessions of the people of Brazil's metropolises
