Noll, Joao Gilberto
Harmada
- ISBN 13:
- 9781949641059
- author:
- Noll, Joao Gilberto
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Two Lines Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2020
- Pages:
- 165
- Dimensions:
- 17.5 x 11.2 x 1.8 centimeters (0
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Literary, Fiction & Literature,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Harmada is a shape-shifting novel that introduces readers to the work of Brazilian literary hero João Gilberto Noll. Born from the clay, our narrator rises to his feet, embarking on a desperate search for Harmada, the capital city of an unnamed nation and the land of his former glory.
Through Noll's characteristic fragmented logic and spirited prose, this mythic tale explores essential questions about the power of art and storytelling, the vanity of glory, and the meaning of freedom. As our narrator navigates a journey from aimless outcast to revered director of avant-garde theater, he conjures along the way a complex and unpredictable narrative.
Nimbly translated from Portuguese by Edgar Garbelotto, Harmada serves as a reminder of João Gilberto Noll's sublime literary power: generous in its mystery, earthbound in its essential urges, and entirely unpredictable. This is a novel that will leave you pondering the nature of art and identity.