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by Chico Buarque (Author)

«Una eleg a a la soledad, al dolor, a los malentendidos er ticos (y literarios) y a la nostalgia por todo lo que no se dice. -Lila Azam Zanganeh

Tras haber sido galardonado con el prestigioso Premio Cam es por su trayectoria literaria, el celebrado compositor, m sico, poeta y novelista Chico Buarque nos invita a asomarnos a la vida de Manuel Duarte, un escritor de novela hist rica que tuvo su momento de gloria en la d cada de los noventa y que ahora, con la cuenta bancaria en n meros rojos, intenta escribir en vano el libro que debe a sus editores. Mientras disfruta de sus paseos peripat ticos por las elegantes calles de su barrio, Leblon, o visita la favela vecina de Viridal, recorremos un R o de Janeiro que, de una forma cada vez m s patente, se doblega y sangra bajo el l tigo de la injusticia social y econ mica: un m sico negro acribillado por la polic a, un decreto que flexibiliza el uso de armas de fuego, una manifestaci n reprimida violentamente o lujosas fiestas de la nueva casta pol tica inundan los peri dicos.

Buarque nos brinda, a modo de rompecabezas y desde m ltiples voces y perspectivas, su novela m s punzante y nos asoma, con su habitual mirada ir nica, a los devaneos tragic micos de un escritor en crisis y a la memoria fragmentada del enloquecido Brasil de Bolsonaro.

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"This is an elegy to solitude, to pain, to erotic (and literary) misunderstandings, and to the longing over all we do not say." --Lila Azam Zanganeh

After being honored with the prestigious Cam es Prize for his literary career, famous composer, musician, poet, and novelist Chico Buarque invites us to look into Manuel Duarte's life. He is a historical novelist who had his moment of glory back in the nineties and now, with a bank account in the red, tries vainly to write the book his publishers expect. While enjoying his peripatetic walks on the elegant streets of his neighborhood, Leblon, or visiting Viridal, a neighboring favela, we journey through Rio de Janeiro, a city that bends and bleeds, in an increasingly apparent way, under the lash of social and economic injustice. A black musician shot dead by police, a decree that facilitates the use of firearms, a violently repressed protest rally, or lavish parties in the new political circle are the kind of stories that flood the newspapers.

In the form of a puzzle with multiple voices and perspectives, Buarque gives us his most poignant novel yet and shows us, with his usual ironic look, the tragicomic dalliances of a writer in crisis and the fragmented memory of the maddened Brazil under Bolsonaro.

Author Biography

Francisco Chico Buarque de Hollanda es cantante, guitarrista, compositor, novelista, dramaturgo y poeta. Proveniente de una familia de intelectuales (su padre era el célebre historiador, sociólogo y periodista Sergio Buarque de Hollanda y su madre la pianista Maria Amélia Cesário Alvim), Chico Buarque nació en 1944 en Rio de Janeiro, pero pasa su infancia y juventud entre Sao Paulo y Roma. A pesar de su interés por la música Bossa Nova y la literatura tanto brasileira como universal, decide matricularse en la facultad de Arquitectura de Sao Paulo. En la universidad empieza a escribir sus primeras crónicas y pronto se ve involucrado en el movimiento tropicalista.

Debido a la censura y las amenazas por parte de la dictadura militar, Buarque se exilia a Italia en 1970, pero vuelve a Brasil tan sólo un año después, donde continúa con su producción artística alternándola con actividades literarias y dramaturgas. Entre 1990 y la década del 2000, Chico Buarque publica tres novelas, de las cuales dos, Budapeste (2005) y Leite derramado (2009), han sido muy aclamadas y merecedoras del importante Premio Jabuti. Con Mi hermano alemán, Chico Buarque empieza su nueva andadura en el catálogo Literatura Random House.
Number of Pages: 160
Dimensions: 0.7 x 9 x 5.3 IN
Publication Date: June 22, 2021

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