Luís Fernando Verissimo
Auteur de Borges et les Orangs-outangs éternels
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Séries
Œuvres de Luís Fernando Verissimo
FESTA DE CRIANCA 17 exemplaires
A mulher do Silva 14 exemplaires
O popular 8 exemplaires
Amor brasileiro 5 exemplaires
Verissimo Antologico - Meio Seculo de Cronicas ou Coisa Parecida (Em Portugues do Brasil) (2020) 5 exemplaires
O nariz 5 exemplaires
Sobre o tempo 4 exemplaires
Informe do Planeta Azul e Outras Histórias 3 exemplaires
20 Histórias Escolhidas 3 exemplaires
Quem é Capitu?: contos, crônicas e ensaios sobre a personagem mais enigmática da literatura brasileira (2008) 3 exemplaires
Os espiões (Nova edição) (Portuguese Edition) 2 exemplaires
Comédia da vida privada 1 exemplaire
Humor nos tempos do Collor 1 exemplaire
Os filhos da Dinda 1 exemplaire
Seleções do L. F. Veríssimo 1 exemplaire
O SUICIDA E O COMPUTADOR 1 exemplaire
O sequestro do zagueiro central 1 exemplaire
Grande mulher nua 1 exemplaire
Crônicas de Amor 1 exemplaire
HISTÓRIA DE HUMOR 1 exemplaire
Falsísima antología de Verissimo 1 exemplaire
Cobras, As: Antologia Definitiva 1 exemplaire
Comédias da vida privada: 1023 Crônicas escolhidas 1 exemplaire
Conversa sobre o tempo com Arthur Dapieve 1 exemplaire
As cobras do Veríssimo 1 exemplaire
Ed Mort em Procurando o Silva 1 exemplaire
COMÉDIAS PARA LER NA ESCOLA 1 exemplaire
Para Gostar de Ler - Crônicas 1 exemplaire
O Analista de Bagé 1 exemplaire
A Mulher do Silva 1 exemplaire
Para Gostar de Ler - O Nariz e outras Crônicas 1 exemplaire
Histórias Brasileiras de Verão 1 exemplaire
Comédias Paras Se Ler Na Escola 1 exemplaire
Comédias da Vida Privada 1 exemplaire
Informe do Planeta Azul e Outras Histórias 1 exemplaire
O Analista de Bagé 1 exemplaire
O ARTEIRO E O TEMPO 1 exemplaire
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Oitenta, Vol. 6 — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
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- Nom canonique
- Verissimo, Luís Fernando
- Date de naissance
- 1936-09-26 [1936]
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Brazilië
- Pays (pour la carte)
- Brazil
- Lieu de naissance
- Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Lieux de résidence
- Porto Alegre, Brazilië
- Études
- Unisinos
Roosevelt High School, Washington - Professions
- schrijver
journalist
cartoonist
saxofonist - Relations
- Verissimo, Erico (father)
- Organisations
- Jornal Zero Hora
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 111
- Aussi par
- 3
- Membres
- 2,333
- Popularité
- #10,994
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 40
- ISBN
- 145
- Langues
- 10
- Favoris
- 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.… (plus d'informations)