Culture

Art and Intrigue

Although the book reads well and Rubem Fonseca deserves to be better known in ...

Sherlock Goes to Rio

The silliness occasionally threatens to get out of hand, but all in all A ...

Verse and Reverse

It is so rare to see Portuguese-language poems translated into English and published in ...

José de Alencar

The story starts off with the bright plumage of an epic poem (or the ...

Ordinary Faces

Genevieve Naylor’s wartime work in Brazil as photographer was not a documentary or confrontational ...

After Carnaval, We’ll Do

There seems to be very little tangible evidence of progress on vital reforms in ...

Just a Fable

This story runs aground somewhat when it swims into its dream imagery, but the ...

Candid Portrait

The editors of The Brazil Reader have chosen well. Articles, which may at first ...

Bang-Bang Book

Patrícia Melo has a stripped-down, straightforward style, and she pumps out words the way ...

Best-seller Books, Plays and Movies January 2002 A

By Brazzil Magazine RIO Se Correr o Bicho Pega, Se Ficar o Bicho Come(If ...