Raduan Nassar

An erotic and intricate novella from one of the most enigmatic and important figures in Brazilian literature. Yes, bastard, you're the one I love A pair of lovers - a young female journalist and an older man who owns an isolated farm in the Brazilian outback - spend the night together. The next day they proceed to destroy each other....

How often, honestly, does the unveiling in translation of a 'forgotten genius' live up to the hype? Well here's one that does: Raduan Nassar. Times Literary Supplement I felt the powerful strength of my family overrunning me like a heavy rush of water. For André, a young man growing up on a farm in Brazil, life consists of 'the earth,...