Luís Fernando Verissimo
Autore di Borges e gli oranghi eterni
Sull'Autore
Fonte dell'immagine: Marcello Casal Jr./ABr
Serie
Opere di Luís Fernando Verissimo
FESTA DE CRIANCA 17 copie
A mulher do Silva 14 copie
O popular 8 copie
O nariz 5 copie
Verissimo Antologico - Meio Seculo de Cronicas ou Coisa Parecida (Em Portugues do Brasil) (2020) 5 copie
Amor brasileiro 5 copie
Sobre o tempo 4 copie
Quem é Capitu?: contos, crônicas e ensaios sobre a personagem mais enigmática da literatura brasileira (2008) 4 copie
20 Histórias Escolhidas 3 copie
Cobras, As: Antologia Definitiva 1 copia
Seleções do L. F. Veríssimo 1 copia
Humor nos tempos do Collor 1 copia
Comédia da vida privada 1 copia
Falsísima antología de Verissimo 1 copia
Os filhos da Dinda 1 copia
O SUICIDA E O COMPUTADOR 1 copia
O sequestro do zagueiro central 1 copia
O Analista de Bagé 1 copia
Ed Mort em Procurando o Silva 1 copia
HISTÓRIA DE HUMOR 1 copia
COMÉDIAS PARA LER NA ESCOLA 1 copia
Para Gostar de Ler - Crônicas 1 copia
A Mulher do Silva 1 copia
Grande mulher nua 1 copia
Histórias Brasileiras de Verão 1 copia
Comédias Paras Se Ler Na Escola 1 copia
Comédias da Vida Privada 1 copia
O Analista de Bagé 1 copia
As cobras do Veríssimo 1 copia
Crônicas de Amor 1 copia
O ARTEIRO E O TEMPO 1 copia
Opere correlate
Oitenta, Vol. 6 — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Verissimo, Luís Fernando
- Data di nascita
- 1936-09-26 [1936]
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Brazilië
- Nazione (per mappa)
- Brazil
- Luogo di nascita
- Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Luogo di residenza
- Porto Alegre, Brazilië
- Istruzione
- Unisinos
Roosevelt High School, Washington - Attività lavorative
- schrijver
journalist
cartoonist
saxofonist - Relazioni
- Verissimo, Erico (father)
- Organizzazioni
- Jornal Zero Hora
Utenti
Recensioni
Liste
Premi e riconoscimenti
Potrebbero anche piacerti
Autori correlati
Statistiche
- Opere
- 112
- Opere correlate
- 3
- Utenti
- 2,359
- Popolarità
- #10,879
- Voto
- 3.6
- Recensioni
- 40
- ISBN
- 145
- Lingue
- 10
- Preferito da
- 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.… (altro)