The Taker and Other Stories
Will be published approx. on 20. April 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
166 pages
978-1-948830-70-6 (ISBN)
Description
Filled with violent, captivating stories about life in Rio, this is Fonseca's first collection to appear in English.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Rochester, NY
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 208 mm
Width: 139 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
219 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-948830-70-6 (9781948830706)
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Rubem Fonseca is considered one of Brazil's most influential writers, and was awarded the Prémio Camões—considered the Nobel Prize of Portuguese language literature—for his body of work in 2003. That same year he was awarded the Juan Rulfo Prize.
Clifford E. Landers has translated many of the great writers of Brazil, including Jorge Amado, João Ubaldo Ribeiro, Patricia Melo, Osman Lins, and Moacyr Scliar among others. He received the Mario Ferreira Award in 1999.