Macuna?a: The Hero with No Character (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780811227025)

Here at last is an exciting new edition of the Brazilian modernist epic Macuna?a: The Hero with No Character, by M疵io de Andrade. This landmark 1928 novel follows the adventures of the shapeshifting Macuna?a and his brothers as they leave their Amazon home 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 S縊 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--Macuna?a 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 context for this magnificent work.

Author: M疵io de Andrade
ISBN-10: 0811227022
ISBN-13: 9780811227025
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Language: English
Published: 04/04/2023
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 7.92h x 5.26w x 0.74d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/13/2023
Library Journal 05/01/2023 pg. 87