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MacunaÃma (Paperback)
Mário de Andrade; Translated by Dodson; Introduction by John Keene
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Here at last is an exciting new translation of the modernist
Brazilian epic MacunaÃma, by Mário de Andrade. This landmark
novel from 1928 has been hugely influential. It follows the
adventures of the shapeshifting MacunaÃma and his brothers as they
leave their home in the northern Amazon for a whirlwind tour of
Brazil, cramming four centuries and a continental expanse into a
single mythic plane. Having lost a magic amulet, the hero and his
brothers journey to São Paulo to retrieve the talisman that has
fallen into the hands of an Italo-Peruvian captain of industry (who
is also a cannibal giant). Written over six delirious days – the
fruit of years of study – MacunaÃma magically synthesizes
dialect, folklore, anthropology, mythology, flora, fauna, and pop
culture to examine Brazilian identity. This brilliant translation
by Katrina Dodson has been many years in the making and includes an
extensive section of notes providing essential background
information for this magnificent work.
'My life's done a somersault,' wrote acclaimed modernist writer
Mário de Andrade. After years of dreaming about Amazonia, he
finally embarked on a three-month odyssey up the great river and
into the wild heart of his native Brazil with a group of
avant-garde luminaries. All abandoned ship but a socialite, her two
nieces, and, of course, the author himself. And so begins the
humorous account of Andrade's steamboat adventure into one of the
most dangerous and breathtakingly beautiful corners of the world.
Rife with shrewd observations and sparkling wit, his sarcastic,
down-to-earth diary entries not only offer comedic and
awe-inspiring details of life and the landscape but also trace his
internal metamorphosis: his travels challenge what he thought he
knew about the Amazon, and drastically alter his understanding of
his motherland.
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