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Rubem Fonseca

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born

May 11, 1925 in Juiz de Fora, Brazil

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male

website

http://portalliteral.terra.com.br/rubem_fonseca/

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He is an important Brazilian writer, born in Juiz de Fora, state of Minas Gerais, but he lived for most of his life in Rio de Janeiro. In 1952, he started his career in the police and became a policy commissioner. Even though, he refuses to do interviews and is a very reclusive person, much like Thomas Pynchon, who is a personal friend of Fonseca.
His writing is pretty dark and gritty, filled with violence and sexual content, and it usually happens in a very urban setting. He says that a writer should have the courage to show what most people are afraid to say. His work is considered groundbreaking in Brazilian literature, up until then mostly focused on rural settings and usually treating cities with a very biased point-of-view. Almost all...more

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Books by Rubem Fonseca

Average rating: 3.87 · 1,306 ratings · 73 reviews · 37 distinct works

	Agosto 3.92 avg rating — 146 ratings — published 1990 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Feliz Ano Novo 3.92 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 1975 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Vastas Emoções E Pensamentos Imperfeitos 3.84 avg rating — 103 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:
	Bufo Und Spallanzani 3.77 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions	My rating:
	High Art 3.78 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 1983 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Romance Negro e Outras Histórias 3.86 avg rating — 51 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	E do Meio do Mundo Prostituto Só Amores Guardei Ao Meu Charuto 3.74 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions	My rating:
	O Seminarista 3.68 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Taker And Other Stories by Rubem Fonseca, Clifford E. Landers (Translator) 3.67 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 1979	My rating:
	Lúcia McCartney: Contos 4.18 avg rating — 38 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Rubem Fonseca

“Cuando el dolor es muy grande el sufrimiento es silencioso”
― Rubem Fonseca, Ela e outras mulheres

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“...do you like to write?"

"No. No writer really likes to write. I like to make love and drink wine. At my age I shouldn't lose time with anything else, but I can't stop writing. It's a disease.”
― Rubem Fonseca, Feliz Ano Novo

2 people liked it

“No me gusta llenar de plomo a nadie, pero es mi trabajo”
― Rubem Fonseca, Ela e outras mulheres

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