by Rubem Fonseca
Fonseca’s short stories are the essence of his work. You cannot read something more: laconic, brutal, funny, Brazilian, surprising, horrific, promising and hilarious than these stories. Each of three concise pages. brilliantly written to entertain you by surprise. You can never predict what the end of the story is. I hope for you my blog reader that theses stories will be translated into a language. you can read. I am becoming addictive to this writer. I already bought an anthology of short stories and the novel “Vastas emoções e pensamentos imperfeitos”.
I did not want to tell you any of the sad and funny last paragraphs. but here is one: a masochistic woman finds a man who can satisfy her. In the final love scene she gets strangulated until she feels THE ORGASM of here life. All told from her perspective … the she takes her final breath and the lover gets his orgasm as well. This is a dry description, but Rubem Fonseca is a gifted writer, believe me. read him! After reading it you will know more about Brazil and its beautiful, crazy and strange citizens.
I did not want to tell you any of the sad and funny last paragraphs. but here is one: a masochistic woman finds a man who can satisfy her. In the final love scene she gets strangulated until she feels THE ORGASM of here life. All told from her perspective … the she takes her final breath and the lover gets his orgasm as well. This is a dry description, but Rubem Fonseca is a gifted writer, believe me. read him! After reading it you will know more about Brazil and its beautiful, crazy and strange citizens.
Facts:
English title: n/a
Original title: Ele e outras Mulheres
Published: 2006
