Todo ben

by Manuel Rivas

Todo ben ábrese coa noticia do asasinato de Andrés Fingoy, un rico emigrante galego aspirante á presidencia do Flamengo, no estadio de Maracaná do Río de Janeiro. Na noticia incúlpase como principal sospeitoso ao xornalista Marcos Andrade, un náufrago e poeta namorado do fútbol. Logo de intentar cambiar o mundo en varias aventuras periodísticas en Galicia, Marcos Andrade decidiu procurar novos horizontes en Brasil colaborando no xornal O Globo coas súas crónicas deportivas, nas que defende un fútbol forte e teimoso coma os ventos do norte, alegre coma o son dos tambores que chegan dos mares do sur e de ideas longas coma as ondas do océano. 25 anos despois da súa publicación, Todo ben renace cunha segunda vida tras unha completa revisión do autor. A obra mantén a cerna dunha historia que se move en «serie negra», cunha singular ubicación no Brasil e coa corrupción no fútbol e na política como coordenadas temáticas principais.Unha feliz re-existencia da primeira novela de Manuel Rivas, o narrador galego máis aclamado do noso tempo.

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First published January 1, 1985

About the author

Manuel Rivas Barrós (born 24 October 1957 in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain) is a Galician writer, poet and journalist.

Manuel Rivas Barrós began his writing career at the age of 15. He has written articles and literature essays for Spanish newspapers and television stations like Televisión de Galicia, El Ideal Gallego, La Voz de Galicia, El País, and was the sub-editor of Diario 16 in Galicia. He was a founding member of Greenpeace Spain, and played an important role during the 2002 Prestige oil spill near the Galician coast.

As of 2017, Rivas has published 9 anthologies of poetry, 14 novels and several literature essays. He is considered a revolutionary in contemporary Galician literature. His 1996 book "Que me queres, amor?", a series of sixteen short stories, was adapted by director José Luis Cuerda for his film "A lingua das bolboretas" ("Butterfly's Tongue"). His 1998 novel "O lápis do carpinteiro" ("The Carpenter's Pencil") has been published in nine countries and it is the most widely translated work in the history of Galician literature. It also was adapted to cinema as "O Lápis do Carpinteiro".