The Book of Rio - A City in Short Fiction (Paperback)

This diverse, literary patchwork of Rio de Janeiro contains 10 short stories set in varied quarters of the city drawing on its inhabitants' experiences of recent historical and cultural changes. From Copacabana's thriving LGBT scene in the 1960s where the military dictatorship simultaneously terrorizes and represses politically-minded citizens, to the exhausted labourers constructing the Rio-Niteroi bridge - 'the pride of Brazil' - at gunpoint in 1974, to contemporary life in the neighbourhood of Leblon, where a call girl trying to get to a party reluctantly accepts a very strange job for the evening. The ten stories in this anthology bring to life the complex and ever-changing face of Rio de Janeiro behind the images of slums, carnivals and the sex trade. Featuring stories by award-winning, leading authors, screenwriters, journalists and playwrights, including 2013 International Emmy Award-winner, Joao Ximenes Braga.

General

Imprint:	Comma Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Reading the City
Release date:	June 2014
First published:	June 2014
Authors:	Marcelo Moutinho • Elvira Vigna Lehmann • Joao Ximenes Braga • Domingos Pellegrini • Lucia Bettencourt • Joao Gilberto Noll • Rafael Cardoso Denis
Editors:	Toni Marques • Katie Slade
Translators:	Daniel Hahn
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	224
ISBN-13:	978-1-905583-68-3
Subtitles:	Portuguese
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Collections & anthologies of various literary forms Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Promotions
LSN:	1-905583-68-0
Barcode:	9781905583683

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