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The Lady of Solitude

Product Description: The Lady of Solitude projects a fresh and daring new voice on to the Brazilian literary scene. These transgressive and highly charged erotic stories are all written from a woman's point of view and they offer an unexpected perspective on the world, sex and desire in a changing Brazilian and global context...read more

By Clifford E. Landers (trans)

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9781628971453 | Dalkey Archive Pr, October 28, 2016, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: The Lady of Solitude projects a fresh and daring new voice on to the Brazilian literary scene.

The Body Snatcher

By Clifford E. Landers (trans) and Patricia Melo

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9781908524539 | Reprint edition (Bitter Lemon Pr, September 8, 2015), cover price $14.95

Iracema

Product Description: Bem-vindo ao maravilhoso mundo de JosÃ© de Alencar. Nesta ediÃ§Ã£o clÃ¡ssica do seu romance Iracema, trazemos atÃ© si a melhor ediÃ§Ã£o esta admirÃ¡vel peÃ§a literÃ¡ria do final do sÃ©culo XIX. Iracema, lenda do CearÃ¡ Ã© um romance da literatura romÃ¢ntica brasileira publicado em 1865 e escrito por JosÃ© de Alencar, fazendo parte da trilogia indianista do autor...read more

By Jose De Alencar

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9780195115475 | Oxford Univ Pr, March 16, 2000, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Jose de Alencar's prose-poem Iracema, first published in 1865, is a classic of Brazilian literature--perhaps the most widely-known piece of fiction within Brazil, and the most widely-read of Alencar;s many works.

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9781508532064 | Createspace Independent Pub, February 18, 2015, cover price $7.99 | About this edition: Bem-vindo ao maravilhoso mundo de JosÃ© de Alencar.

Crimes of August

Product Description: Rubem Fonsecaâs Crimes of August offers the first serious literary treatment of the cataclysmic events of August 1954, arguably the most turbulent month in Brazilian history. A rich novel, both culturally and historically, Crimes of August tells two stories simultaneously...read more

By Clifford E. Landers (trans)

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9781933227580 | Univ Pr of New England, April 1, 2014, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Rubem Fonsecaâs Crimes of August offers the first serious literary treatment of the cataclysmic events of August 1954, arguably the most turbulent month in Brazilian history.

Winning the Game and Other Stories

Product Description: In these seventeen stories by one of Brazilâs foremost living authors, Fonseca introduces readersâwith unsurpassed candor and keenness of observationâto a kaleidoscopic, often disturbing world. A hunchback sets his lascivious sights on seducing a beautiful woman...read more

By Clifford E. Landers (trans)

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9781933227467 | Univ Pr of New England, March 12, 2013, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: In these seventeen stories by one of Brazilâs foremost living authors, Fonseca introduces readersâwith unsurpassed candor and keenness of observationâto a kaleidoscopic, often disturbing world.

The Good-Bye Angel: Honest Cheats Play Dirty Games Clean

Product Description: There are no heroes in Igna cio de Loyola Branda o's world, only victims: not only of violence, but of deceit, desire, and fear. In The Good-Bye Angel, Branda o returns to his great subject: the tyranny of the community versus the individual, the city versus its inhabitants...read more

By Ignacio De Loyola Brandao and Clifford E. Landers (trans)

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9781564785947 | Dalkey Archive Pr, January 13, 2011, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: There are no heroes in Igna cio de Loyola Branda o's world, only victims: not only of violence, but of deceit, desire, and fear.

House of the Fortunate Buddhas

By Clifford E. Landers (trans)

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9781564785893 | Dalkey Archive Pr, June 2, 2011, cover price $13.95

The Fifth Mountain

'In this retelling and extensive extrapolation of the story of the Hebrew prophet Elijah, Coelho situates his New Age prose in an appropriate biblical setting. An excellent and faithful translation willing to follow the rhythms and belabored biblical style of the original'--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.http://www.loc.gov/hlas/Elijah, a biblical prophet in the Middle East during the ninth century B.C., confronts the evil of the pagan Phoenician princess Jezebel and finds love in the strange land of Zarephath with a young widow, only to have his new-found happiness shattered bytragedy

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9780060175443 | Harpercollins, March 1, 1998, cover price $23.00 | About this edition: 'In this retelling and extensive extrapolation of the story of the Hebrew prophet Elijah, Coelho situates his New Age prose in an appropriate biblical setting.

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9780060736279 | Harpercollins, January 1, 2006, cover price $7.99 | also contains The Fifth Mountain

9780060930134 | Perennial, March 1, 1999, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Elijah, a biblical prophet in the Middle East during the ninth century B.

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9780061843525, titled "Fifth Mountain" | Harpercollins, October 13, 2009, cover price $9.99 | also contains The Fifth Mountain

The Fifth Mountain

By Paulo Coelho

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9780061729256 | Reprint edition (Perennial, February 1, 2009), cover price $14.99

9780060736279 | Harpercollins, January 1, 2006, cover price $7.99 | also contains The Fifth Mountain

Miscellaneous:

9780061843525, titled "Fifth Mountain" | Harpercollins, October 13, 2009, cover price $9.99 | also contains The Fifth Mountain

Voices of the Desert

Product Description: From one of Brazilâs most beloved writers, a magical tale of lust, power, betrayal, and forgiveness set in the royal court of thirteenth-century Baghdad: a sumptuous retelling of the legend of Scheherazade that illuminates her character as never before...read more

By Clifford E. Landers (trans) and Nelida Pinon

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9780307266675 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, August 4, 2009, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: From one of Brazilâs most beloved writers, a magical tale of lust, power, betrayal, and forgiveness set in the royal court of thirteenth-century Baghdad: a sumptuous retelling of the legend of Scheherazade that illuminates her character as never before.

Duke, the Dog Priest

Product Description: Born in Brazil, novelist DomÃcio Coutinho immigrated to the United States in 1959. His first novel, Duke, the Dog Priest,comically explores Nova Eboracense, Brazilian New York, with its dazzling mix of priests, brothers, nuns, students, church workers, parishioners, city luminaries, and a dog named Duke who wants to become a priestâmaking for a wonderfully fantastic novel...read more

By Domicio Coutinho and Clifford E. Landers (trans)

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9781933382890 | Green Integer Books, August 30, 2009, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Born in Brazil, novelist DomÃcio Coutinho immigrated to the United States in 1959.

The Taker And Other Stories

Product Description: The stories in Taker range across Fonseca's career, all exploring the modern landscape of Rio de Janeiro, a city whose vast disparitiesâin wealth, social standing, and prestigeâare untenable. In these, rich and poor live in an uneasy equilibrium, where only overwhelming force can maintain order, and violence and deception are essential tools of survival...read more

By Rubem Fonseca and Clifford E. Landers (trans)

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9781934824023 | Consortium Book Sales & Dist, November 12, 2008, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: The stories in Taker range across Fonseca's career, all exploring the modern landscape of Rio de Janeiro, a city whose vast disparitiesâin wealth, social standing, and prestigeâare untenable.

Knowledge of Hell

Product Description: Like his creator, the narrator of this novel is a psychiatrist who loathes psychiatry, a veteran of the despised 1970s colonial war waged by Portugal against Angola, a survivor of a failed marriage, and a man seeking meaning in an uncaring and venal society...read more

By Clifford E. Landers (trans)

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9781564784360 | Dalkey Archive Pr, March 18, 2008, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Like his creator, the narrator of this novel is a psychiatrist who loathes psychiatry, a veteran of the despised 1970s colonial war waged by Portugal against Angola, a survivor of a failed marriage, and a man seeking meaning in an uncaring and venal society.

Eagles, Donkeys, and Butterflies: An Anthropological Study of Brazil's Animal Game

Product Description: "For years, anthropologists have been interested in jogo do bicho as a key Brazilian institution. We now have an English translation uniting Roberto DaMatta's theoretical acumen and knowledge of Brazil with Elena Soárez's field work...read more

By Clifford E. Landers (trans), Roberto Da Matta and Elena Soarez

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9780268025809 | Univ of Notre Dame Pr, February 1, 2006, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: "For years, anthropologists have been interested in jogo do bicho as a key Brazilian institution.

Bay of Tigers: A Journey Through War-torn Angola

This is an extraordinary account of Pedro Rosa Mendes's journey across Africa in 1997 - 6000 miles from the west to the east coast, from Angola to Mozambique - on trains with no windows, no doors, no seats, on wrecks of trucks and buses, on boats and motorcycles.

By Clifford E. Landers (trans) and Pedro Rosa Mendes

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9781862076488 | New edition (Granta Books, March 18, 2004), cover price $16.15 | About this edition: This is an extraordinary account of Pedro Rosa Mendes's journey across Africa in 1997 - 6000 miles from the west to the east coast, from Angola to Mozambique - on trains with no windows, no doors, no seats, on wrecks of trucks and buses, on boats and motorcycles.

Bay of Tigers: An African Odyssey

The Portuguese journalist tells the story of his 1997 journey from Angola to Mozambique, describing the war-torn landscape and people of the shattered country of Angola, where land mines outnumber people and misery is the norm.

By Clifford E. Landers (trans) and Pedro Rosa Mendes

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9780151006557 | Houghton Mifflin, May 1, 2003, cover price $31.00 | About this edition: The Portuguese journalist tells the story of his 1997 journey from Angola to Mozambique, describing the war-torn landscape and people of the shattered country of Angola, where land mines outnumber people and misery is the norm.

Literary Translation: A Practical Guide

In this book, both beginning and experienced translators will find pragmatic techniques for dealing with problems of literary translation, whatever the original language. Certain challenges and certain themes recur in translation, whatever the language pair. This guide proposes to help the translator navigate through them. The book's hands-on approach should make it accessible to translators of any background. A significant portion of this "Practical Guide" is devoted to the question of how to go about finding an outlet for one's translations. (view table of contents)

By Clifford E. Landers

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9781853595202 | Multilingual Matters Ltd, December 1, 2001, cover price $89.95 | About this edition: In this book, both beginning and experienced translators will find pragmatic techniques for dealing with problems of literary translation, whatever the original language.

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9781853595196 | Multilingual Matters Ltd, December 1, 2001, cover price $29.95

Pedra Canga

Product Description: Pedra Canga, a small and isolated community in the Brazilian Pantanal, or wetlands, endures amid poverty, myth, and superstition. Dreaming and suffering, the simple townspeople exist in the mystical reality of their private universe...read more

By Tereza Albues and Clifford E. Landers (trans)

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9781892295705 | Green Integer Books, July 1, 2001, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Pedra Canga, a small and isolated community in the Brazilian Pantanal, or wetlands, endures amid poverty, myth, and superstition.

Twelve Fingers: Biography of an Anarchist

Dmitri Korozec, a hapless assassin and bumbling anarchist, wreaks havoc from Sarajevo to Paris to Hollywood as he unintentionally triggers a number of significant events of the twentieth century, from helping ignite World War I to unwittingly spreading the Spanish influenza to America, as he encounters Mata Hari, Al Capone, Marie Curie, Picasso, and other historical characters. 15,000 first printing.

By Clifford E. Landers (trans) and Jo Soares

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9780375408939 | Pantheon Books, June 1, 2001, cover price $23.00 | About this edition: Hapless assassin and bumbling anarchist, Dimitri Borja Korozec wreaks havoc from Sarajevo to Hollywood as he unintentionally triggers a number of significant twentieth-century events and meets people including Mata Hari, Al Capone, and Picasso.

Iracema: A Novel

Product Description: Jose de Alencar's prose-poem Iracema, first published in 1865, is a classic of Brazilian literature--perhaps the most widely-known piece of fiction within Brazil, and the most widely-read of Alencar;s many works. Set in the sixteenth century, it is an extremely romantic portrayal of a doomed live between a Portuguese soldier and an Indian maiden...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Jose Martiniano de Alencar, Clifford E. Landers (trans) and Alcides Villaca (editor)

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9780195115482 | Oxford Univ Pr, March 16, 2000, cover price $24.99 | About this edition: Jose de Alencar's prose-poem Iracema, first published in 1865, is a classic of Brazilian literature--perhaps the most widely-known piece of fiction within Brazil, and the most widely-read of Alencar;s many works.

Vast Emotions and Imperfect Thoughts

An international best-seller by a Brazilian novelist follows the absurd and compelling exploits of a film director who is intrigued by the mystery surrounding his newly attained precious gems and a curious offer to make a new film.

By Rubem Fonseca and Clifford E. Landers (trans)

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9780880015837 | Ecco Pr, June 1, 1998, cover price $24.00 | About this edition: A Brazilian film director braves danger in communist East Berlin to smuggle to the West the manuscript of a forbidden Russian novel.

A Samba for Sherlock

In 1886, Sherlock Holmes is summoned to Brazil to investigate the theft of a priceless violin, a gift from the Emperor of Brazil to his mistress, and finds himself caught up in a series of grisly homicides amid the seductive charms of the tropics. A first novel. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.

By Clifford E. Landers and Jo Soares

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9780375400650 | Pantheon Books, November 1, 1997, cover price $3.99 | About this edition: 'Translation of the well-known comedian and comic writer's first novel, Xangão de Baker Street (1995).

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9780375700668 | Vintage Books, November 1, 1998, cover price $19.00 | About this edition: Embarrassed by the theft of a special gift to his mistress, the Emperor of Brazil sends for Sherlock Holmes, but by the time Holmes has arrived a simple theft has escalated into a series of brutal murders

The Killer

'Melo's prize-winning novel (Matador) is a thriller about a man who accidentally becomes a hired killer and a local hero. Once again Landers achieves an excellent result: colloquial, entirely readable, and authentic, with just the right tone for its narrator whose language one reviewer has called 'racy hoodlum-speak.''--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.http://www.loc.gov/hlas/When Maiquel, a young Brazilian used car salesman, gets his first taste of the kill in a barroom brawl, he soon becomes a killer-for-hire

By Clifford E. Landers (trans) and Patricia Melo

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9780880015745 | Ecco Pr, October 1, 1997, cover price $23.00 | About this edition: 'Melo's prize-winning novel (Matador) is a thriller about a man who accidentally becomes a hired killer and a local hero.

The Golden Harvest

A conspiracy of cacao-exporters attempts to destroy the plantation owners of Bahia, Brazil, by encouraging their weaknesses, and the struggle divides families and friends on all levels of society

By Jorge Amado and Clifford E. Landers (trans)

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9780380761005 | Avon Books, August 1, 1992, cover price $12.50 | About this edition: A conspiracy of cacao-exporters attempts to destroy the plantation owners of Bahia, Brazil, by encouraging their weaknesses, and the struggle divides families and friends on all levels of society

Memoirs of a Gigolo

Mariano, mascot at a bordello in Sao Paulo, works hard to improve his lot in life

By Clifford E. Landers (trans) and Marcos Rey

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9780380750009 | Avon Books, November 1, 1987, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Mariano, mascot at a bordello in Sao Paulo, works hard to improve his lot in life

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