tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15258276.post1966471764535519693..comments2023-11-05T01:05:41.190-07:00Comments on International Noir Fiction: Brazilian noir: In Praise of Lies, by Patricia MeloGlenn Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04869155065647936216noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15258276.post-28154199244273458152010-09-03T08:28:18.247-07:002010-09-03T08:28:18.247-07:00Hello guys!
I´m brazilian and I must say how muc...Hello guys! <br /><br />I´m brazilian and I must say how much I´m glad to see that there are people outside my country that actually knows Brazil as much more than just carnival and football, our literature is amazing as much as many others around the world. <br /><br />I love literature from everwhere and I´m studing it, Patricia Melo is one of the authors we have to read this semestre and read this review made me soooo happy :D<br /><br />Mike, if it helps you can buy the books on ebay when its not released in US enjoying the fact that books pay no import taxes.<br /><br />If I can help with anything about brazilian literature please don´t hesitate, I´ll be pleased to help.<br /><br />I´m gotta a blog and I´m about to release an english version of it very soon.<br /><br />That´s it! Thanks!Yannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10854673298079473162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15258276.post-89577312279152799502009-02-28T16:21:00.000-08:002009-02-28T16:21:00.000-08:00I am soooo angry that Melo's other novels haven't ...I am soooo angry that Melo's other novels haven't been translated into English (and when a few have been, not for sale in the US!).<BR/><BR/>Who else can pull off wonder like this:<BR/><BR/>'I promise that I'm going to kill Ronald.'<BR/><BR/>'And that you won't cheat on me.'<BR/><BR/>'Never,' I said.<BR/><BR/>'Say: I promise I'm golng to cut off his feet.'<BR/><BR/>'What?<BR/><BR/>'I hate his feet,' she said. 'They're the part that disgusts me the most. His feet and his face. You told me you would cut off his feet.'<BR/><BR/>'I said that?' I asked<BR/><BR/>'Yes, yesterday, in bed.'<BR/><BR/>It was true. I had said it.Mike Canehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12396654716615965650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15258276.post-51997362014342575752009-02-18T17:29:00.000-08:002009-02-18T17:29:00.000-08:00Great review. I haven't read Patricia Melo, and I ...Great review. I haven't read Patricia Melo, and I will now. Coincidentally we're having Leighton Gage here this evening, so it's all about Brazil for me today.Janet Rudolphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07395834961880172395noreply@blogger.com