novel, 12 hours in Brazil's Sao Paulo, tr D George
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Winner of the Brazilian Academy of Letters prize for best novel and the Pen Club of Brazil for best book in 1993, this work gives "snapshot"-style background stories of several people who end up in the same funeral parlor one night in Sao Paulo. Van Steen (Village of Ghost Bells, Univ. of Texas, 1991) presents the stories of diverse, colorful characters from many levels of society in alternating chapters in a very concise way that leads the reader to feel that this was written to become a movie. The pace is fast, and van Steen shows how many of the current social problems in Brazil affect her characters' lives. For all Latin American collections.
Lisa Rohrbaugh, East Palestine Memorial P.L., Ohio
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Lisa Rohrbaugh, East Palestine Memorial P.L., Ohio
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Early Mourning is a tale of unexpected twists, vivid characters, and spirited dialogue. Here is a novel that engages its readers from page one, drawing them steadily into a thick Brazilian dream as a gang robs a funeral home in Sao Paulo. From dusk to dawn, the doings of eccentric, memorable charecters etched with a background of racy pose and black humor add to a hurtling storyline taking the reader on a mental roller coaster of a ride. David George's translation of Early Mourning does full justice to Edla Van Steen's memorable narrative talents. --Midwest Book Review
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