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The words that remain : a novel / Stênio Gardel.
Van Pelt Library PQ9698.417.A736 P3513 2023
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Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Fiction Snack Gardel Words
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gardel, Stênio, 1980- author.
- Standardized Title:
- A palavra que resta. English
- Language:
- English
- Portuguese
- Subjects (All):
- Brazil--Fiction.
- Brazil.
- Brazil--Social conditions--Fiction.
- Gay men--Fiction.
- Gay men.
- Homosexuality--Fiction.
- Homosexuality.
- Literacy--Fiction.
- Literacy.
- Older men--Fiction.
- Older men.
- Homophobia--Fiction.
- Homophobia.
- Social conditions.
- Gay characters.
- Latino/a/x gay men.
- Anti-gay violence.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Gay fiction.
- Novels.
- LGBTQ+ fiction.
- Fiction
- Gay fiction
- Novels
- Queer fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 153 pages ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New Vessel Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- "A letter has beckoned to Raimundo since he received it over fifty years ago from his youthful passion, handsome Cícero. But having grown up in an impoverished area of Brazil where the demands of manual labor thwarted his becoming literate, Raimundo has long been unable to read. As young men, he and Cícero fell in love, only to have Raimundo's father brutally beat his son when he discovered their affair. Even after Raimundo succeeds in making a life for himself in the big city, he continues to be haunted by this secret missive full of longing from the distant past. Now at age seventy-one, he at last acquires a true education and the ability to access the letter. Exploring Brazil's little-known hinterland as well its urban haunts, this is a sweeping novel of repression, violence, and shame, along with their flip side: survival, endurance, and the ultimate triumph of an unforgettable figure on society's margins. The Words That Remain explores the universal power of the written word and language, and how they affect all our relationships." --$c Back cover.
- Notes:
- "First published in Portuguese as "A Palavra Que Resta"--Title page verso.
- "Translated from the Portuguese by Bruna Dantas Lobato"
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Gift of Joan Detz.
- ISBN:
- 9781954404120
- 1954404123
- OCLC:
- 1359912437
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