"Two novellas translated from the Portuguese"--
Edgard Telles Ribeiro Knihy
13. november 1944
Edgard Telles Ribeiro bol spisovateľ a diplomat, ktorý sa venoval aj žurnalistike, filmu a výučbe filmu. Jeho debutový román bol publikovaný v Spojených štátoch, Nemecku, Holandsku a Španielsku. Jeho diela, ktoré sa často zaoberajú témami umenia a kultúry, skúmajú zložitosti medziľudských vzťahov a spoločenských noriem. Riberov štýl je známy svojou intelektuálnou hĺbkou a poetickou citlivosťou, čo čitateľom ponúka premyslený a atmosférický zážitok.
His Own Man
- 352 stránok
- 13 hodin čítania
In this award-winning novel, acclaimed Brazilian writer Edgard Telles Ribeiro illuminates a dark corner of his country's history. Marcilio Andrade Xavier is a charismatic young diplomat whose intelligence is matched only by his ambition. During the military dictatorship of 1964-1985, Max's artful manoeuvring -- political and personal -- assures him a meteoric career as democracies topple throughout South America. Yet Max remains an enigma to his colleagues, his friends, and even his wife, who know few details of his involvement with oppressive regimes, let alone the CIA and MI6. Amid embassy machinations, glittering parties, dire acts, and revealing intimate encounters, one of Max's younger colleagues starts piecing together who Max really is, and at what cost he has purchased his dazzling career. A political thriller of the highest order, His Own Manis a chilling anatomy of power, ambition, and betrayal.
