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Um escritor decadente enfrenta uma crise financeira e emocional enquanto o Rio de Janeiro colapsa à sua volta. Tragicomédia urgente, o novo romance de Chico Buarque, o primeiro depois da atribuição do Prémio Camões, encara de frente o Brasil do agora.
Autor de um romance histórico que fez furor nos anos 1990, o escritor Manuel Duarte passa por um deserto criativo e sentimental. Dividido entre várias ex-mulheres, espartilhado por pesadas dívidas, surpreendido por um filho de quem vai aprendendo a ser pai, Manuel Duarte bate perna nas ruas do Leblon no intervalo das horas em frente ao teclado, desesperando por um novo livro.
O pano de fundo é um Rio de Janeiro que sangra e estrebucha sob o flagelo de feridas sociais a cada dia mais ostensivas; cenário maior onde se desenrolam as feridas individuais das personagens, que juntas compõem um diário em que se procura fazer sentido do tumulto do presente.
Ao seu melhor estilo, Chico Buarque esfuma as fronteiras entre vida, imaginação, sonho e delírio, e constrói uma narrativa engenhosa, tão divertida quanto trágica, em cujas entrelinhas se descortinam as contradições de um país ameaçando despedaçar-se, assim como as deliciosas incoerências e ilusões da gente como nós.
Autor de um romance histórico que fez furor nos anos 1990, o escritor Manuel Duarte passa por um deserto criativo e sentimental. Dividido entre várias ex-mulheres, espartilhado por pesadas dívidas, surpreendido por um filho de quem vai aprendendo a ser pai, Manuel Duarte bate perna nas ruas do Leblon no intervalo das horas em frente ao teclado, desesperando por um novo livro.
O pano de fundo é um Rio de Janeiro que sangra e estrebucha sob o flagelo de feridas sociais a cada dia mais ostensivas; cenário maior onde se desenrolam as feridas individuais das personagens, que juntas compõem um diário em que se procura fazer sentido do tumulto do presente.
Ao seu melhor estilo, Chico Buarque esfuma as fronteiras entre vida, imaginação, sonho e delírio, e constrói uma narrativa engenhosa, tão divertida quanto trágica, em cujas entrelinhas se descortinam as contradições de um país ameaçando despedaçar-se, assim como as deliciosas incoerências e ilusões da gente como nós.
First published November 14, 2019
About the author
Chico Buarque
37 books519 followersFrancisco Buarque de Hollanda is popularly known as Chico Buarque, is a singer, guitarist, composer, dramatist, writer and poet. He is best known for his music, which often includes social, economic and cultural commentary on Brazil and Rio de Janeiro in particular.
Son of the academic Sérgio Buarque de Hollanda, Buarque lived in several locations throughout his childhood, though mostly in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Italy. He wrote and studied literature as a child and came to music through the bossa nova compositions of João Gilberto. He performed music throughout the 1960s as well as writing a play that was deemed dangerous by the Brazilian military dictatorship of the time. Buarque, along with several of his fellow musicians, were threatened by the government and eventually left Brazil in 1970. He moved to Italy again. However, he came back to Brazil in 1971, one year before the others, and continued to record albums, perform, and write, though much of his material was not allowed by government censors. He released several more albums in the 1980s and published three novels in the 1990s and 2000s, all of which were acclaimed critically.
Buarque came from a privileged intellectual family background—his father Sérgio Buarque de Holanda was a well-known historian, sociologist and journalist and his mother Maria Amélia Cesário Alvim was a painter and pianist. He is also brother of the singer Miucha. As a child, he was impressed by the musical style of bossa nova, specifically the work of Tom Jobim and João Gilberto. He was also interested in writing, composing his first short story at 18 years old[1] and studying European literature, also at a young age.[2] One of his most consuming interests, however, was playing soccer, beginning at age four, which he still does today.[2] Though he was born in Rio de Janeiro, Buarque spent much of his childhood in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Italy.
Before becoming a musician, Buarque decided at one point to study architecture at the University of São Paulo, but this choice did not lead to a career in that field; for Buarque often skipped classes.
He made his public debut as musician and composer in 1964, rapidly building his reputation at music festivals and television variety shows when bossa nova rhythm came to light and Nara Leão recorded three of his songs.[3] His eponymous debut album exemplified his future work, with catchy sambas characterized by inventive wordplay and an undercurrent of nostalgic tragedy. Buarque had his first hit with "A Banda" in 1966, written about a marching band, and soon released several more singles. Although playing bossa nova, during his career, samba and Música Popular Brasileira would also be widely explored. Despite that, Buarque was criticized by two of the leading musicians at the time,Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil as they believed his musical style was overly conservative.[3] However, an existentially themed play that Buarque wrote and composed in 1968, Roda Viva ("Live Cycle"), was frowned upon by the military government and Buarque served a short prison sentence because of it.[3] He left Brazil for Italy for 18 months in 1970, returning to write his first novel in 1972, which was not targeted by censors.
http://www.jobim.org/chico/
Son of the academic Sérgio Buarque de Hollanda, Buarque lived in several locations throughout his childhood, though mostly in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Italy. He wrote and studied literature as a child and came to music through the bossa nova compositions of João Gilberto. He performed music throughout the 1960s as well as writing a play that was deemed dangerous by the Brazilian military dictatorship of the time. Buarque, along with several of his fellow musicians, were threatened by the government and eventually left Brazil in 1970. He moved to Italy again. However, he came back to Brazil in 1971, one year before the others, and continued to record albums, perform, and write, though much of his material was not allowed by government censors. He released several more albums in the 1980s and published three novels in the 1990s and 2000s, all of which were acclaimed critically.
Buarque came from a privileged intellectual family background—his father Sérgio Buarque de Holanda was a well-known historian, sociologist and journalist and his mother Maria Amélia Cesário Alvim was a painter and pianist. He is also brother of the singer Miucha. As a child, he was impressed by the musical style of bossa nova, specifically the work of Tom Jobim and João Gilberto. He was also interested in writing, composing his first short story at 18 years old[1] and studying European literature, also at a young age.[2] One of his most consuming interests, however, was playing soccer, beginning at age four, which he still does today.[2] Though he was born in Rio de Janeiro, Buarque spent much of his childhood in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Italy.
Before becoming a musician, Buarque decided at one point to study architecture at the University of São Paulo, but this choice did not lead to a career in that field; for Buarque often skipped classes.
He made his public debut as musician and composer in 1964, rapidly building his reputation at music festivals and television variety shows when bossa nova rhythm came to light and Nara Leão recorded three of his songs.[3] His eponymous debut album exemplified his future work, with catchy sambas characterized by inventive wordplay and an undercurrent of nostalgic tragedy. Buarque had his first hit with "A Banda" in 1966, written about a marching band, and soon released several more singles. Although playing bossa nova, during his career, samba and Música Popular Brasileira would also be widely explored. Despite that, Buarque was criticized by two of the leading musicians at the time,Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil as they believed his musical style was overly conservative.[3] However, an existentially themed play that Buarque wrote and composed in 1968, Roda Viva ("Live Cycle"), was frowned upon by the military government and Buarque served a short prison sentence because of it.[3] He left Brazil for Italy for 18 months in 1970, returning to write his first novel in 1972, which was not targeted by censors.
http://www.jobim.org/chico/
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