Concerto Carioca

by Antonio Callado, Enzo Barca (Translator)

Xavier, coinvolto in un oscuro crimine, si appresta a riorganizzare la sua vita dopo che l'organizzazione di cui fa parte lo ha richiamato a Rio per salvarlo dalle conseguenze di quel delitto. Xavier tenta di recuperare un amore d'infanzia per farne la donna della sua vita, ma il suo progetto incontrerà un ostacolo insormontabile in Jaci, l'indio ermafrodito di cui tutti si innamorano.

419 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1985

About the author

Antônio Callado (26 January 1917, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 28 January 1997, Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian journalist, playwright, and novelist. Born in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Callado studied law, then worked as a journalist in London for the BBC's Brazilian Service from 1941 to 1947. Callado began writing fiction in the 1950s. His first novel, A assunção de Salviano (The Assumption of Salviano), was published in 1954, and his last, O homem cordial e outras histórias (Men of Feeling and Other Stories), came out in 1993. Quarup (1967) is regarded as his most famous work. Callado has received literary prizes that include the Golfinho de Ouro, the Prêmio Brasília, and the Goethe Prize for fiction for Sempreviva (1981).