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Luiz Ruffato

Author of Eles eram muitos cavalos

42+ Works 401 Members 4 Reviews 1 Favorited

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Series

Works by Luiz Ruffato

Eles eram muitos cavalos (2001) 83 copies, 1 review
Estive em Lisboa e lembrei de você (2009) 40 copies, 2 reviews
Late Summer (2019) 29 copies
De mim já nem se lembra (2007) 25 copies
Mamma, Son Tanto Felice (2005) 23 copies
Uns e Outros (1900) 19 copies, 1 review
O mundo inimigo (2005) 18 copies
Vista parcial da noite (2006) 15 copies

Associated Works

The Book of Rio: A City in Short Fiction (2014) — Contributor — 7 copies

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Gender
male
Nationality
Brazil
Birthplace
Cataguases, Brazil
Map Location
Brazil

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10 reviews
Como toda antologia de contos com autores díspares, o resultado geral é oscilante, algumas obra-primas da narrativa curta entremeadas a outras meramente boas. Das narrativas inéditas destaco três que se elevaram diante das demais: a da Eliane Brum, a do José Luís Peixoto e a do Cristovão Tezza. A da Eliane Brum é de fato um espelho da narrativa da Clarice Lispector, enquanto a do José Luís Peixoto é um espelho de si mesmo em relação a um conto do Machado de Assis, já a do show more Cristovão Tezza é um retrato atual da política nacional espelhada no ideário anarquista de Tolstói. O resultado geral da mescla dos contos entre passado e presente é bom e me fez estar feliz por finalmente ter me associado à TAG depois de anos de relutância, simplesmente porque o projeto deste livro realmente me encantou. show less
I wanted to like this book. It is written by a rising Brazilian author, and I usually enjoy reading the work of new authors from other countries. But sadly it was all I could do not to quit reading this book in the first few pages.

I suppose I am just getting too old to really enjoy new-fangled approaches to novels. This one is written in snippets that are more like poetry than prose, which I guess is fine if that is what you enjoy. It was not until page 24 that any of the bits began to even show more look like a short story. Honestly, I just don't understand the value of writing in run-on sentences, without punctuation or capitalization, and without any real indication of where the voices change.

Then there was the content. The book is set in Sao Paulo, and geez oh man does this book make Sao Paulo seem like a terribly depressing, violent, poor, and angry place.

I gave it 2 stars only because I was finally able to finish reading it. I try to reserve 1-star ratings for books I dislike so much that I can't even finish them.

*** I received my copy of this book for free through Goodreads First Reads (but I promise that did not influence my thoughts on this book).
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Serginho, der Protagonist von Ich war in Lissabon und dachte an Dich, ist ein sympathischer Loser, der sich in einer verschnarchten Kleinstadt im brasilianischen Hinterland mehr schlecht als recht durchs Leben schlägt, die falsche Frau heiratet, keine Arbeit mehr findet und sich – nach einem dubiosen Immobilien-Deal über den Tisch gezogen – für die Emigration nach Portugal entscheidet, um dort das große Glück & Geld zu machen. In Lissabon wartet weder das eine noch das andere auf show more ihn & all’ die anderen Glückssucher, sondern das Prekären aus aller Welt vorgesehene Schicksal: schlechtbezahlte Knochen-Jobs, falsche Freunde und – schon wieder – eine Frau, mit der es nicht klappt.-
Luiz Ruffato bringt diese moderne Kolonialgeschichte mit umgekehrten Vorzeichen zum Leser, indem er sie als mild-amüsante Parabel über das Scheitern moderner Mythen inszeniert. In einer Art ›Bewußtseinsstrom‹, in dem direkte und indirekte Rede sehr geschickt miteinander verwoben werden, erzählt er die kurze, tragisch-heitere Geschichte zum sinnfälligen, offenen Schluß. Und da das gelungen Fremdsprachige nicht ohne die unermüdliche Arbeit der Übersetzenden zu haben ist, wird an dieser Stelle auch Michael Keglers Leistung lobend erwähnt.
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Works
42
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Members
401
Popularity
#60,557
Rating
½ 3.6
Reviews
4
ISBNs
79
Languages
7
Favorited
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