Mário De Andrade

Macunaíma: The Hero with No Character (eBook, ePUB)

Übersetzer: Dodson, Katrina

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A brilliant new translation of the Brazilian modernist epic that aims to capture the country's complex identity

Here at last is an exciting new edition of the Brazilian modernist epic Macunaíma: The Hero with No Character, by Mário de Andrade. This landmark 1928 novel follows the adventures of the shapeshifting Macunaíma and his brothers as they leave their Amazon home for a whirlwind tour of Brazil, cramming four centuries and a continental expanse into a single mythic plane. Having lost a magic amulet, the hero and his brothers journey to São Paulo to retrieve the talisman that has fallen into the hands of an Italo-Peruvian captain of industry (who is also a cannibal giant). Written over six delirious daysthe fruit of years of studyMacunaíma magically synthesizes dialect, folklore, anthropology, mythology, flora, fauna, and pop culture to examine Brazilian identity. This brilliant translation by Katrina Dodson has been many years in the making and includes an extensive section of notes, providing essential context for this magnificent work.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: New Directions
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. April 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780811227032
• Artikelnr.: 66382972

Autorenporträt

Mário de Andrade (18931945) was a poet, novelist, critic, piano teacher, ethnomusicologist, and leading figure in Brazilian culture. He was a central instigator of the 1922 Semana de Arte Moderna (Modern Art Week), which marked a new era of modernism. He spent much of his life pioneering the study and preservation of Brazilian folk heritage and was the founding director of São Paulo's Department of Culture.