Winning the game and other stories / Rubem Fonseca ; translated from the Portuguese by Clifford E. Landers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fonseca, Rubem.

Contributor:

Landers, Clifford E., translator.

Series:

Brazilian literature in translation series ; 1.

Brazilian literature in translation ; 1

Standardized Title:

Short stories. Selections. English

Language:

English

Portuguese

Subjects (All):

Fonseca, Rubem--Translations into English.

Fonseca, Rubem.

Physical Description:

197 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Dartmouth, Massachusetts : Tagus Press, UMass Dartmouth, [2013]

Summary:

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 business-man hires a ghostwriter 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. Book jacket.

Contents:

Arts and Trades 1

The Hunchback and Botticelli's Venus 14

The Game of Dead Men 34

The Blotter 40

Lonelyhearts 44

Mandrake 60

Guardian Angel 89

The Ship Catrineta 98

The Art of Walking in the Streets of Rio de Janeiro 107

Belle 145

Xania 153

Be My Valentine 158

Kisses on the Cheek 167

Marta 171

Passion 177

The Brotherhood of Swords 185

Winning the Game 190.

ISBN:

9781933227467

193322746X

1933227478

9781933227474

OCLC:

821203391

Publisher Number:

99954786910

40022179678