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From one of the world’s most celebrated literary publishers, a beautiful and candid meditation on the art of being a partner to creative greatness For 40 years, Companhia das Letras, the Brazilian publishing house founded by Luiz Schwarcz, has stood for a steadfast and imaginative commitment...

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY COLM TÓIBÍN 'A beguiling work of great literary beauty and metaphysical power' PAUL LYNCH 'Dramatic, wildly colourful and continuously interesting' NEW YORK TIMES 'A veritable linguistic tour de force' MARIO VARGAS LLOSA In 1956, Brazilian author João Guimarães Rosa...

Penguin presents the complete unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of The Shape of Bones by Daniel Galera, read by Charlie Anson. From one of Brazil's foremost literary voices comes a gripping, visceral new novel about youth, power and the nature of manhood A man rises at 5 a.m. and leaves...

The seductive and shocking story of a twisted love triangle, It’s All River flows through the rapids of humanity. “Lucy was a virgin-whore. A dreamer. She wanted to test her power. She wanted men to fast for her, to grovel, to pay tithes.” Lusted after by everyone she meets, Lucy is the...

“A veritable linguistic tour de force.” —Mario Vargas Llosa One of the greatest works of Latin American literature ever written and an epic story of honor and revenge set in Brazil’s high inland plateaus—now in a revelatory new translation by Alison Entrekin, featuring an introduction...

In a tripping and absorbing style, award-winning Brazilian writer Claudia Lage asks listeners to gaze into the dark side of love and desire, and ultimately even to sympathize with her flawed hero and heroine. A Little Death is both an unconventional love story and a raw, visceral tale that explores the journey to adulthood in all its complexity and hilarity.

“A veritable linguistic tour de force.” —Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel Prize–winning author of The Feast of the Goat For the first time in over sixty years, one of Latin America’s greatest works of literature returns in a mesmerizing new translation by Alison Entrekin, featuring an...