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The Words That Remain.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gardel, Stênio, 1980-
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (110 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- LaVergne : New Vessel Press, 2023.
- La Vergne : New Vessel Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER "Disarmingly tender and feverishly sad, Gardel's love story is a delirium of a novel that reminds its readers of an uncomfortable truth: that even a life of regret can be a beautiful one." —Patrick Nathan, author of The Future Was Color A letter has beckoned to Raimundo since he received it over fifty years ago from his youthful passion, handsome Cicero. 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 Cicero 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 sides: 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.
- Contents:
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- 1
- Raimundo
- Cícero
- Letter
- Naked
- I'll Teach You
- Wall
- Marcinha
- Cross
- Breathless
- 2
- Dalberto
- Path
- Damião
- 3
- Sunset
- Filthy
- Suzzanný
- Rain
- Caetana
- Road
- Creide and Alex
- Stones
- Fence Post
- Alley
- Ribs
- Home
- 4
- River
- Oil Lamp
- Shadows
- Desert
- Name
- Acknowledgments.
- Notes:
- Title from eBook information screen..
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781954404137
- 1954404131
- OCLC:
- 1350686726
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