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Enigmas of Spring

Joao Almino author Rhett McNeill translator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Dalkey Archive Press

Published:14th Apr '16

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Majnun lives his life online in his grandparents’ well-appointed home in the Brazilian capital. No school, no work—just bored in Brasília. After falling in love with a married woman, however, he flees to Madrid with friends, intent on, well … something. Writing a historical novel about medieval Spain? Or perhaps converting to Islam and heading to North Africa? As Majnun floats through the crowds of Catholics, through encounters with legitimate medievalists, through romances, friendships, mosques, and palaces, his vague interests threaten to boil over into violent, even deadly action.

"Among our country's greatest authors. Brazil is summed up in his pages." -Moacyr Scliar

  • Long-listed for Prêmio São Paulo de Literatura 2016 (Brazil)

ISBN: 9781628971316

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176 pages