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Macunaíma : the hero with no character / Mário de Andrade ; translated from the Portuguese by Katrina Dodson ; with an introduction by John Keene

Author
Andrade, Mário de, 1893-1945
Uniform Title
Macunaíma. English
Published
New York : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2023.
Physical Description
xv, 264 pages ; 21 cm.
Additional Creators
Dodson, Katrina

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Contents
Macunaíma -- Coming of age -- Ci, Mother of the Forest -- Boiuna Moon -- Piaimā -- The French lady and the giant -- Macumba -- Vei, the sun -- Letter to the Icamiabas -- Pauí-Pódole -- Old Ceiuci -- The perky peddler, shiny cowbird, and the injustice of men -- Jiguê's lousy lady -- Muiraquitā -- Oibê's innards -- Uraricoera -- Ursa Major -- Mário de Andrade's prefaces and explanations -- Afterward: "the many lives of Macunaíma" / Katrina Dodson.
Summary
"Here at last is an exciting new translation of the modernist Brazilian epic Macunaíma by Mário de Andrade. This landmark novel from 1928 has been hugely influential. It follows the adventures of the shapeshifting Macunaíma and his brothers as they leave their home in the northern Amazon for a whirlwind tour of Brazil, cramming four centuries and a continental expanse into a single mythic plane. Having lost a magic amulet, the hero and his brothers journey to São Paulo to retrieve the talisman that has fallen into the hands of an Italo- Peruvian captain of industry (who is also a cannibal giant). Written over six delirious days-the fruit of years of study-Macunaíma magically synthesizes dialect, folklore, anthropology, mythology, flora, fauna, and pop culture to examine Brazilian identity. This brilliant translation by Katrina Dodson has been many years in the making and includes an extensive section of notes providing essential background information for this magnificent work"--
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ISBN
9780811227025 (paperback)
0811227022 (paperback)
Endowment Note
LeClaire (Lee) B. Watts Endowment
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