Stunning novel by the world-renowned writer, singer and composer

Stunning novel by the world-renowned writer, singer and composer

Zusatztext 'It is the risks he takes that give brilliancy to his tale. He tunnels deep into the human mind and emerges with more questions than answers ... It is a privilege to be able to share in that progress' Informationen zum Autor Chico Buarque Klappentext Shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, a quirky and darkly humorous book from one of South America's most respected writers 'Buarque's most naturalistic fiction to date, and the funniest' - TLS 'The alluring, poetic quality of a dream described aloud' - Independent _____________________________________________________________________________ José Costa has just attended the Anonymous Writers Congress in Istanbul and is on his way back to Rio when a bomb scare on his flight forces him to spend a night in Budapest. Fascinated by the Hungarian language - he is after all a ghost writer by trade and a man who lives by language - he spends the night watching television, trying to pick out words in this tongue, 'the only one the devil respects'. In charting José's life we enter a storytelling labyrinth, as his myth-making, love-making and essays into another culture become mired in the world where celebrities make reputations and fortunes from the writing of others, and where the reader is not sure what language, or what reality, is being offered ... Zusammenfassung Jose Costa has just attended the Anonymous Writers Congress in Istanbul and is on his way back to Rio when a bomb scare on his flight forces him to spend a night in Budapest.

Autorentext

Chico Buarque

Klappentext

Shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, a quirky and darkly humorous book from one of South America's most respected writers 'Buarque's most naturalistic fiction to date, and the funniest' - TLS 'The alluring, poetic quality of a dream described aloud' - Independent _____________________________________________________________________________ José Costa has just attended the Anonymous Writers Congress in Istanbul and is on his way back to Rio when a bomb scare on his flight forces him to spend a night in Budapest. Fascinated by the Hungarian language - he is after all a ghost writer by trade and a man who lives by language - he spends the night watching television, trying to pick out words in this tongue, 'the only one the devil respects'. In charting José's life we enter a storytelling labyrinth, as his myth-making, love-making and essays into another culture become mired in the world where celebrities make reputations and fortunes from the writing of others, and where the reader is not sure what language, or what reality, is being offered ...

Zusammenfassung
Jose Costa has just attended the Anonymous Writers Congress in Istanbul and is on his way back to Rio when a bomb scare on his flight forces him to spend a night in Budapest.