Borges e os Orangotangos Eternos (Literatura Ou Morte)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9788535900583 (8535900586)
Publish date: December 1st 2000
Publisher: Companhia das Letras
Pages no: 133
Edition language: Portuguese
Category:
Novels,
Writing,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Books About Books,
Literary Fiction,
Mystery,
Crime,
Latin American,
Portuguese Literature,
Brazil
A complete & utter delight of a book. A Borges style mystery with some Poe, Lovecraft, infinite monkeys, & surrealism thrown in. Verissimo (meaning 'true' in Portuguese) leads you through a labyrinth of mirrors, philosophy, surrealist reasoning, ancient history, & good old-fashioned noir while spinn...
Okay you guys who've been pushing all those "bizarro" novels: take your favorite bizarro author, and Jorge Luis Borges will totally drink his milkshake. Even as a fictional character.Borges wrote what's called "magical realism" nowadays, but while his fans may think "fantasy" is too undignified a la...
Quick, involved murder mystery.
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