Adriana Lisboa

Den samtida brasilianska novellkonsten är utpräglat urban, och liksom storstaden är den heterogen, bildrik och oförutsägbar. Sedan sextiotalet har mångfalden av stilar ständigt blivit allt större. 1970-talets boom har ofta beskrivits som en storhetstid för novellen i Brasilien, men egentligen har novellen sedan dess aldrig dragit sig tillbaka. Det finns en kontinuitet i viljan till förnyelse, från Clarice Lispector via Silviano Santiago till yngre författare som Adriana Lisboa. Den här antologin tar avstamp med några moderna klassiker från sjuttiotalet, men tonvikten ligger på det nya. De flesta av bokens berättelser har skrivits under de senaste femton åren. Dagens brasilianska novellister visar upp en rad vitt skilda sätt att gestalta den moderna människans situation. Här finns extrem realism, formmässigt experimenterande, erotiska allegorier; här finns omsorgsfullt utmejslade karaktärer sida vid sida med klichéfigurer i masskommunikationens värld. Antologin innehåller följande noveller: João Anzanello Carrascoza: Navelsträngslikt Luiz Ruffato: Yrsel Tatiana Salem Levy: Modlöshet Veronica Stigger: Olivia Tandpetare André Sant’Anna: Mina memoarer Adriana Lisboa: [Mikronoveller] Amilcar Bettega Barbosa: Ärftligt Cíntia Moscovich: Taket och spelmannen Tércia Montenegro: DT Marçal Aquino: Rost Marçal Aquino: Fabel Fernando Bonassi: [Mikronoveller] Rubens Figueiredo: Utan de andra Silviano Santiago: Days of Wine and Roses Moacyr Scliar: Van Goghs öra Márcia Denser: Vampyren på Alameda Casabranca Caio Fernando Abreu : De där båda Clarice Lispector: Ljud av steg Luiz Vilela: Den sista rakningen Lygia Fagundes Telles: Såpbubblans struktur Rubem Fonseca: Den andre

Etter at Vanja mister moren sin i en alder av tretten år, legger den brasilianske jenta ut på en reise for å lære mer om familien sin. Fra den brennende varme sola i Rio de Janeiro drar hun den lange veien til Colorado i USA, hvor hun har hørt at morens første ektemann Fernando bor. Han er den eneste forbindelsen hun har for å finne sin biologiske far, og med hjelp fra Fernando forsøker Vanja å lete opp en mann ingen av dem kjenner. Sammenvevd med Vanjas fortelling, er Fernandos hemmelige fortid i geriljabevegelsen i Amazonas' skoger. Romanen gir oss et innblikk i Brasils historie, kultur og mennesker, men mest av alt er Snø fra Brasil en gripende fortelling om hva familie er og hvordan vi skaper oss et hjem.

I was thirteen. Being thirteen is like being in the middle of nowhere. Which was accentuated by the fact that I was in the middle of nowhere. In a house that wasn't mine. In a city that wasn't mine, in a country that wasn't mine, with a one-man family that, in spite of the intersections and intentions (all very good), wasn't mine. When her mother dies, thirteen-year-old Vanja is left with no family and no sense of who she is, where she belongs, and what she should do. Determined to find her biological father in order to fill the void that has so suddenly appeared in her life, Vanja decides to leave Rio de Janeiro to live in Colorado with her stepfather, a former guerrilla notorious for his violent past. From there she goes in search of her biological father, tracing her mother's footsteps and gradually discovering the truth about herself. Rendered in lyrical and passionate prose, Crow Blue is a literary road trip through Brazil and America, and through dark decades of familial and political history.

I was thirteen. Being thirteen is like being in the middle of nowhere. Which was accentuated by the fact that I was in the middle of nowhere. In a house that wasn’t mine. in a city that wasn’t mine, in a country that wasn’t mine, with a one-man family that, in spite of the intersections and intentions (all very good), wasn’t mine. When her mother dies, thirteen-year-old Vanja is left with no family and no sense of who she is, where she belongs, and what she should do. Determined to find her biological father to fill the void that has so suddenly appeared in her life, Vanja decides to leave Rio de Janeiro to live in Colorado with her stepfather, a former guerrilla notorious for his violent past. From there she goes in search of her biological father, tracing her mother’s footsteps and gradually discovering the truth about herself. Rendered in lyrical and passionate prose, Crow Blue is a literary road trip through Brazil and America, and through dark decades of family and political history.

"A journey to Japan seen through the eyes of two Brazilians: Haruki and Celina. Through a counterpoint of narration and text, and with reference to haiku by seventeenth-century master Matsuo Basho, the pair's losses and struggles unfold"--Provided by publisher.