The subterranean gods

by Cristovam Buarque

THE SUBTERRANEAN GODS distinguishes Cristovan Buarque's definitive entrance on the modern post-fiction sphere. By uniting scientific fiction resources, and the construction of intense politically and intellectually motivated characters, Cristovan Buarque managed to weave a net of intrigues, where the contemporary world's contradictions' echoes. He creates cybernetic heroes when exploring the human mind in connection with a complex computerized matrix, which's central memory comes from the gods. He includes, on the dilettante adventure of enthusiastic students, an international adventure involving nations with identity crises after the East's overthrow. The fictional art resides on the artful involvement of the reader with the discussion of literature everlasting themes, like life, death, the power of art, the being's autonomy in face of the god's actions, whose survival, on the other hand, depends on the human conscience. Curiously, the novelist makes the whole plot spin around a strategic Brasilia, with its rational power and its magical surroundings.FÁBIO LUCAS

224 pages

First published January 1, 1994