Description
In Rio de Janeiro, a struggling ghostwriter named José Costa finds his life upended by an unexpected obsession: the Hungarian language. As deadlines, family obligations, and the demands of authorship press in, his fascination with words becomes both refuge and revelation, drawing him toward a culture he can’t fully reach but can’t stop pursuing. Blending the intimacy of a linguistic love story with the motion of a travelogue, the novel explores how identity is shaped—and destabilized—by the languages we chase. With Chico Buarque’s signature wit and lyric introspection, this small, fluid work turns the pursuit of meaning into a vivid meditation on creative desire, authorship, and the emotional cost of translation.
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paperback
Grove Press
Published Sep 8, 2005
192 pages
ISBN: 9780802142146
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First Published
2004
Language
por
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