Luís Fernando Verissimo
Författare till Borges and the Eternal Orangutans
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FESTA DE CRIANCA 17 exemplar
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O popular 8 exemplar
Amor brasileiro 5 exemplar
Verissimo Antologico - Meio Seculo de Cronicas ou Coisa Parecida (Em Portugues do Brasil) (2020) 5 exemplar
O nariz 5 exemplar
Sobre o tempo 4 exemplar
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20 Histórias Escolhidas 3 exemplar
Quem é Capitu?: contos, crônicas e ensaios sobre a personagem mais enigmática da literatura brasileira (2008) 3 exemplar
Comédia da vida privada 1 exemplar
Humor nos tempos do Collor 1 exemplar
Os filhos da Dinda 1 exemplar
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O SUICIDA E O COMPUTADOR 1 exemplar
O sequestro do zagueiro central 1 exemplar
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Falsísima antología de Verissimo 1 exemplar
Cobras, As: Antologia Definitiva 1 exemplar
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Ed Mort em Procurando o Silva 1 exemplar
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- Vedertaget namn
- Verissimo, Luís Fernando
- Födelsedag
- 1936-09-26 [1936]
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- Brazilië
- Land (för karta)
- Brazil
- Födelseort
- Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Bostadsorter
- Porto Alegre, Brazilië
- Utbildning
- Unisinos
Roosevelt High School, Washington - Yrken
- schrijver
journalist
cartoonist
saxofonist - Relationer
- Verissimo, Erico (father)
- Organisationer
- Jornal Zero Hora
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- Verk
- 111
- Även av
- 3
- Medlemmar
- 2,333
- Popularitet
- #10,994
- Betyg
- 3.6
- Recensioner
- 40
- ISBN
- 145
- Språk
- 10
- Favoritmärkt
- 12
A reclusive 50 year old and besotted admirer of Borges, an expatriated Jewish German named Vogelstein, finds himself meeting his idol amidst a murder investigation at a Edgar Alan Poe literary convention (the inventor of detective fiction, no less). The backstory to this meeting is complicated, since Vogelstein once translated a Borges story, changing the ending in the process and leaving (fictionally) the great author none-too-pleased. Furthermore, three stories the younger man had sent to his hero had all been rejected. Many years have passed until the current murder investigation serendipitously bring them together. The connection between the admirer and the translator of years before however, Borges has seemingly has all but forgotten or forgiven.
As chief witness to the crime, Vogelstein and his hero ruminate on who the killer may be. By methodically remembering events (unsurprisingly a mirror plays a part) they slowly progress down philological rumination, encompassing 'the origins of language, the work of John Dee and the "Necronomicon" (publicised by H. P. Lovecraft), the Kabbala, the occult, the Gnostic gospels, apochrypha, and the "eternal orangutan." All the while, Borges' friend, a criminologist and strong advocate of scientific method, tries to solve the murder using conventional methods - regularly returning (and despairing) to the illogical postulates the two excited authors create together whilst he is away.
This was a very entertaining read and a more than fitting tribute to the work of Borges. Admirers of Borges' work will get added pleasure from the story but knowledge of his work is by no means necessary in order to appreciate this book.… (mer)