La bottega dei miracoli

Tent of Miracles is a venomous social satire and a sizzling comedy of manners. The raconteur of the story is a lovelorn cuckolded poet… After a renowned and opportunistic American scientist mentioned, au passant , the name of Pedro Archanjo in the Encyclopedia on Life in the Underdeveloped Countries , m Leggi tutto

حظي مع الأسماء التي أتعرف عليها للمرة الأولى أفضل منه مع الأسماء الشهيرة هذه الأيام. زوربا أمادو يشترك مع زوربا كازنتزاكيس بكونه خليطاً بين القديس والمتهتك، ويزيده بكونه مثقفاً وصاحبَ قضية. رواية مملة وسيئة لم أكسب منها إلا بعض العبارات التي تصلح للاقتباس. Leggi tutto

Americans are very familiar with the history of racial struggle in the U.S., from the days of slavery to Jim Crow to the Civil Rights era to the modern day which, while unquestionably better than previous eras, is still a long way from perfect. Most of us know a lot less about Brazil, though Brazil

Jorge Amado is a miracle. As I read through Tent of Miracles , I kept saying to myself: This is good, but is it really up to Amado's standard? As I read the last few chapters, I said to myself: "Yes, meu bom , this is a book well worth reading, as are all of Amado's books." The book's hero, Pedro Archa Leggi tutto

The University of the East (UE) here in the Philippines celebrates this year its 65th foundation anniversary with the theme "Jose Rizal: Nasa Puso ng UE" (Jose Rizal: In UE's Heart"). This is the type of bullshit Jorge Amado mocks in this novel. Pedro Archanjo has the same amusing bawdiness, the same Leggi tutto

"A invenção do povo é a única verdade, nenhum poder conseguirá jamais negá-la ou corrompê-la."