Bibliograph

Moldy strawberries, stories by Caio Fernando Abreu ; translated from the Portuguese by Bruna Dantas Lobato

Type

Label

Moldy strawberries, stories by Caio Fernando Abreu ; translated from the Portuguese by Bruna Dantas Lobato

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

short stories

Main title

Moldy strawberries

Oclc number

1265005599

Responsibility statement

stories by Caio Fernando Abreu ; translated from the Portuguese by Bruna Dantas Lobato

Summary

"In eighteen exhilarating stories, Caio Fernando Abreu navigates a Brazil transformed by the AIDS epidemic and stifling military dictatorship of the 80s. Tenderly suspended between fear and longing, Abreu's characters grasp for connection. A man speckled with Carnival glitter crosses a crowded dance floor and seeks the warmth and beauty of another body. A budding office friendship between two young men turns into a surprising love, "a strange and secret harmony." One man desires another but fears a clumsy word or gesture might tear their complot to pieces. After so many precarious offerings - a salvaged cigarette, a knock on the door from within the downpour of a dream, or a tight-lipped smile - Abreu's schemes explode and implode. Junkies, failed revolutionaries, poets, and conflicted artists face threats at every turn. But, inwardly ferocious and secretly resilient, they heal. For Caio Fernando Abreu there is beauty on the horizon, mingled with luminous memory and decay"--, Provided by publisher

Target audience

adult

Classification