Copo de Cólera, Um (original 1978; edition 1992)

by Raduan Nassar (Author)

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A pair of lovers--a young female journalist and an older man who owns an isolated farm in Brazil--spend the night together. The next day they proceed to destroy each other. Amid vitriolic insults and scorching cruelty, their sexual adventure turns into a savage power game between two warring egos. This intense, erotic masterpiece--written by one of Brazil's most highly regarded modernists--explores alienation, arrogance, machismo meltdown, the desire to dominate, and the wish to be dominated.… (more)

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A Cup of Rage by Raduan Nassar (1978)

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Despite some misgivings, I was seduced by this book's small format, its New Directions credentials, and its Lebanese-Brazilian author. I kind of wish I'd left it on the shelves.

I was promised an "intense, erotic masterpiece." What I got was violent macho posturing and long unnatural diatribes and no empathy for any characters anywhere except maybe the barely there servants. Despite being only 65 pages I found myself having to grind through the long chapter "The Explosion." Had the book been any longer I should have given it up, but I kept scolding myself to press on -- surely any moment a corner will be turned and I'll understand why this book has gathered such praise.

I don't understand. And I'm entirely okay with that. (

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greeniezona | Jun 24, 2018 |

Meu primeiro Nassar. Arrebatador (

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Adriana_Scarpin | Jun 12, 2018 |

Short and furious, but I'm not sure I got it. Some blistering passages, though. (

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benjaminsiegel | Jul 30, 2016 |

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Raduan Nassar	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Tobler, Stefan	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Gallimard, Folio (6266)

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Um Copo de Cólera / Lavoura Arcaica by Raduan Nassar

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The International Booker Prize (Longlist – 2016)

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100 livros essenciais da literatura brasileira

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A Cup of Rage

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Um copo de cólera

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1978

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A pair of lovers--a young female journalist and an older man who owns an isolated farm in Brazil--spend the night together. The next day they proceed to destroy each other. Amid vitriolic insults and scorching cruelty, their sexual adventure turns into a savage power game between two warring egos. This intense, erotic masterpiece--written by one of Brazil's most highly regarded modernists--explores alienation, arrogance, machismo meltdown, the desire to dominate, and the wish to be dominated.

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