Against a backdrop of political corruption Jose lives an ordinary life, working a dead-end job catching mice in a dingy movie theater. Everything changes when he meets his wife Rosa thanks to the help of the Happy Heart Marriage Agency. They seem to have an understanding: Jose isn't bothered by Rosa's dishonesty, extra weight, and fantastically promiscuous past; Rosa isn't too put off by Jose's clubbed foot, periodic blackouts, or lack of direction--she just wants a house. Pragmatic, Jose sets out to get the money necessary to make that possible. And in doing so, he manages to become a robber, sniper, and political subversive wanted by the government. Deploying fast-paced, short chapters in a number of styles, Brandao deftly presents an array of engaging characters and conflicts, vividly depicting the absurdity of a repressive political regime with exceptional daring and humor.

Zero

Literature & Fiction

Ignácio de Loyola Brandão

Ellen Watson

United States

Dalkey Archive Press

What if a man were so shallow that he couldn't believe his life had meaning unless he was loved and desired by millions of people?

Anonymous Celebrity (Brazilian Literature)

Humor & Satire

A modern-day Don Quixote and an exile in his own hometown, the protagonist of Teeth Under the Sun is kept from writing by a conspiracy (real? imagined?) designed to prevent him from revealing the truth about the town's strange status quo and violent past.In a place where people have abandoned their houses for tiny apartments in the confines of new high-rises, the narrator walks the almost empty streets, remembering better times and meeting figures from his past: his ex-wife, his son, writers, friends, and revolutionaries. And all of this is interspersed with his memories of the movies Fact and fiction, past and present, all meet in this story of the narrator's attempts to engage more fully with a modern world forcing him into isolation.

Teeth under the Sun

Literary

O Verde Violentou O Muro (Em Portuguese do Brasil)

Global

Clube de Campo de Sao Paulo 75 Anos Inovando A Tradicao [Hardcover] Ignacio de Loyola Brandao and Marcio Scavone

Marcio Scavone

DBA Editoria

Fabrizio Fasano: Colecionador de Sonhos (Em Portugues do Brasil)

LEYA BRASIL

Pinheiro Neto Advogados 60 Years

Dezembro Corporate Books

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