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A Casa Dos Budas Ditosos (edition 1999)

by João Ubaldo Ribeiro

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Set in 1940s and 50s provincial Brazil, House of the Fortunate Buddhas is perhaps most startling for it fiery, uninhibited, and highly compelling narrator. By force of her intelligence, courage, and strength of will, she achieves an unlikely liberation of both mind and body, and her sardonic, frank some have called it pornographic monologue is an unforgettable work of literary ventriloquism, telling the story of one woman s journey toward fulfillment.From the book: I decided to give my testimony orally, instead of writing it down, for several reasons, the major one being arthritis. No, let s cut that last line out I don t have arthritis, and even if I did, I certainly wouldn t let any get into my book. So, fine: preface. I decided to give my testimony orally instead of in writing mainly because it s impossible to write about sex, at least in Portuguese, without coming off like a prostitute who s just been asked to talk dirty for the twentieth time in the same day . . ."House of the Fortunate Buddhas has been translated into French (winning the Grinzane Cavour Prize), Italian, and Spanish, and was adapted into a hit one-woman play in Brazil. -- Publication from http://www.flipkart.com (Oct. 18, 2011)."… (more)
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Title:A Casa Dos Budas Ditosos
Authors:João Ubaldo Ribeiro
Info:Lisboa, Pub. D. Quixote, 1999
Collections:Your library
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Tags:Literatura, Brasil, Lusofonia

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Quando vários jornais anunciaram que João Ubaldo Ribeiro estava escrevendo um romance sobre a luxúria, para a coleção Plenos Pecados, da Editora Objetiva, o escritor foi surpreendido com um misterioso pacote em sua portaria. Eram os originais de A Casa dos Budas Ditosos. Depois da gula (Luis Fernando Verissimo), da ira (por José Roberto Torero) e da inveja (por Zuenir Ventura), chegou a vez de João Ubaldo escrever sobre a luxúria na coleção Plenos Pecados. O livro traz a história de CLB, uma mulher de 68 anos, nascida na Bahia e residente no Rio de Janeiro, que jamais se furtou a viver - com todo o prazer e sem respingos de culpa - as infinitas possibilidades do sexo. Seriam as memórias desta senhora devassa e libertina um relato verídico? Ou tudo não passa de uma brincadeira do autor? Nunca saberemos. Importa é que ninguém conseguirá ficar indiferente à franqueza rara deste relato e a seu humor corrosivo.
  AlbertLeonhardGieg | Mar 17, 2023 |
Según cuenta, cuando recibió un paquete con la transcripción mecanografiada de varias cintas grabadas por una misteriosa mujer, el escritor João Ubaldo Ribeiro no podía imaginar lo que le esperaba. Y ahora eres tú, lector inocente, que no puedes ni sospechar lo que te espera en cada una de las páginas de este libro. Hay una vida en ellos. Y la presunta autora habría enviado su testimonio para ser utilizado en el volumen sobre la lujuria en la Coleção Plenos Pecados. El escritor aceptó la oferta y el resultado final está ahora ante ti, que debes prepararte para una historia insólita, a veces impactante, a veces irónica, siempre sugerente. De hecho, la ficción difícilmente podría alcanzar los límites de lo que la dama lasciva vivió y narró con lujo de detalles. Si el lector tiene alguna duda, pronto será disipada, en esta fascinante inmersión en la asombrosa vida de una mujer sin duda excepcional, cuya narración alcanza las dimensiones de un retrato sociológico de toda una cultura y generación, involucrando uno de los pecados más indomables y capitales.
  Natt90 | Dec 14, 2022 |
Een Braziliaanse vrouw in de herfst van haar leven, blikt vrijmoedig terug op een seksueel actief bestaan. Het mondelinge verslag van haar avonturen laat zij uittypen en bezorgen door João Ubaldo Ribeiro, die het integrale verhaal van haar opwindende leven ongewijzigde onder zijn naam heeft gepubliceerd. 'Het huis van de gelukkige boeddha's' is het openhartige relaas van een libertijnse vrouw, van de eerste opwindende ontdekking van orale seks tot en met het genoegen dat zij als oudere vrouw beleeft aan het inwijden van jonge mannen in de kunst van de erotiek.Ongehinderd door morele belemmeringen leeft zij zich volledig uit in alle mogelijke vormen van lichamelijk genot. Ze doet het met mannen en vrouwen, ze geniet schaamteloos van incest, ze praktiseert groepsseksm partnerruil en cyberseks.'Het huis van de gelukkige boeddha's' is een ode aan seks en erotiek en een pleidooi voor seksuele vrijheid. Nu eens uitbundig en hilarisch, dan weer betogend en badinerend, soms ingetogen en ontroerend, maar altijs even sprankelend en meesterlijk opgetekend. ( )
  gormel | Feb 27, 2011 |
Um exercício literário sobre a pornografia...
Um livro escrito por um dos grandes senhores das letras brasileiras.
Para ler especialmente a sós! ( )
  Fokas | Jan 18, 2008 |
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Set in 1940s and 50s provincial Brazil, House of the Fortunate Buddhas is perhaps most startling for it fiery, uninhibited, and highly compelling narrator. By force of her intelligence, courage, and strength of will, she achieves an unlikely liberation of both mind and body, and her sardonic, frank some have called it pornographic monologue is an unforgettable work of literary ventriloquism, telling the story of one woman s journey toward fulfillment.From the book: I decided to give my testimony orally, instead of writing it down, for several reasons, the major one being arthritis. No, let s cut that last line out I don t have arthritis, and even if I did, I certainly wouldn t let any get into my book. So, fine: preface. I decided to give my testimony orally instead of in writing mainly because it s impossible to write about sex, at least in Portuguese, without coming off like a prostitute who s just been asked to talk dirty for the twentieth time in the same day . . ."House of the Fortunate Buddhas has been translated into French (winning the Grinzane Cavour Prize), Italian, and Spanish, and was adapted into a hit one-woman play in Brazil. -- Publication from http://www.flipkart.com (Oct. 18, 2011)."

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