Description
A mysterious death frames a nightmarish stay at a hotel in Rio de Janeiro, where the narrator—an elusive, shape-shifting presence—drifts through rooms, encounters, and half-remembered conversations that feel both inevitable and unreal. Blending hard-boiled noir with absurdity and surrealism, the novel builds an atmosphere of menace and alienation as identity blurs and meaning slips just out of reach. With each turn, it probes themes of displacement, moral uncertainty, and the fragile line between reality and performance. Translated by Adam Morris, the book’s seductive, noirish prose carries João Gilberto Noll’s signature ability to make even the most destabilizing experiences feel profoundly human.
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paperback
Two Lines Press
Published Jan 1, 2017
104 pages
ISBN: 9781931883603
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First Published
2017
Language
por
Translation
From: por
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