Books

Is Paulo Coelho repeating repeating himself?

Paulo Coelho’s latest book to be released in the US is neither a memorable ...

Best-seller books, plays & movies

PLAYS   Alô? Madame!… — It all starts when two friends get a phone ...

Paulo Coelho’s disappointing Valkyries

Magus-writer Paulo Coelho, despite his international best-selling author status, was never considered a talented, ...

This is Osman Lins

With two more of his inventive books now available in English, the late Brazilian ...

Best-seller books, plays & movies

PLAYS   Alice que Delícia — Written by Antônio Bivar and directed by Nildo ...

Literature: Jorge Amado’s Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands

Vadinho, Dona Flor’s first husband died on a Sunday of Carnaval, in the morning, ...

Ana Maria Bahiana: America earns low marks

After almost nine years in the US reporting on Hollywood and the American scene, ...

Poetry João Cabral de Melo Neto

— This hole in which you are, measured in palms, is the smallest share ...

Paulo Coelho

In France, Australia, Spain, and Brazil, naturally, he has been a constant guest of ...

Ball, Sex and Cachaça in the Tragic Life of Brazilian Hero Garrincha

Reading Garrincha, Ruy Castro’s splendid study of the forgotten Brazilian right-winger and twice World ...