
Rubem Fonseca
64 contos / 64 Stories
Short stories and novellas , 2004
Companhia das Letras (en portugués)
With his deep aversion to sentimentality and local clichés, Rubem Fonseca draws inspiration from the language of cinema and writers such as Ernest Hemingway and Isaac Babel to forge his own voice. The foundation is a blend of starkness and disenchantment in almost equal measure.