{"product_id":"moldy-strawberries-stories-paperback","title":"Moldy Strawberries: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCaio Abreu\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBruna Lobato\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCaio Fernando Abreu is one of those authors who is picked up by every generation...\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn these surreal and gripping stories about desire, tyranny, fear, and love, one of Brazil's greatest queer writers appears in English for the first time \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 18 daring, scheming stories filled with tension and intimacy, Caio Fernando Abreu navigates a Brazil transformed by the AIDS epidemic and stifling military dictatorship of the 80s. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTenderly suspended between fear and longing, Abreu's characters grasp for connection: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eA man speckled with Carnival glitter crosses a crowded dance floor and seeks the warmth and beauty of another body.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eA budding office friendship between two young men turns into a surprising love, \"a strange and secret harmony.\" One man desires another but fears a clumsy word or gesture might tear their plot to pieces.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbreu writes the stories of people whose intimate lives are on the verge of imploding at all times. Even simple gestures--a salvaged cigarette, a knock on the door from the hazy downpour of a dream, a tight-lipped smile--are precarious offerings. Junkies, failed revolutionaries, poets, and conflicted artists face threats at every turn. But, inwardly ferocious and secretly resilient, they heal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn these stories there is luminous memory and decay, and beauty on the horizon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTranslated by Bruna Dantas Lobato, currently an Iowa Arts Fellow and MFA candidate in Literary Translation at the University of Iowa.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCaio Fernando Abreu \u003c\/b\u003e(b. 1948) was one of the most influential Brazilian writers of the 1970s and 80s, despite his work remaining underrecognized outside of Brazil. The author of 20 books, including 12 story collections and two novels, he has been awarded major literary prizes. During the military dictatorship in Brazil (1964-1985), his homoerotic writing was heavily censored and he was soon put on a wanted list, finding refuge in the literary counterculture and eventually by going into self-exile in Europe. In 1994, while living in France, he tested HIV positive. He died two years later in his hometown. He was 47 years old. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBruna Dantas Lobato\u003c\/b\u003e was born and raised in Natal, Brazil. A graduate of Bennington College, she received her MFA in Fiction from New York University and is currently an Iowa Arts Fellow and MFA candidate in Literary Translation at the University of Iowa. Her stories, essays, and translations have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Kenyon Review, Harvard Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Public Space\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBOMB\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 6.46 x 5.35 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 14, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766443573536,"sku":"9781953861207","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4878734f5ba3662a3f63fd214a6dba14.webp?v=1780292815","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/moldy-strawberries-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}