The October of his youth: three decades in a coma
We’re doing everything possible to bring you home Waking up after 28 years, a man walks outside by Bondo Wyszpolski [Author’s note: Jô Soares, Luiz Alfredo Garcia Roza, João Ubaldo Ribeira, etc, are Brazilian writers. They’re sitting at a cafe in Rio de Janeiro (in March of 2002) and telling one another their ideas for […]
On her deathbed, a mother tells her children: “I went to the Moon”
The half of the Moon you’ll never see A dying mother tells her children she’s been to the Moon; then they find a locked trunk by Bondo Wyszpolski (Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from a novel that’s set in Brazil in 2002. Several writers and artists are drinking coffee at a café in São […]
While smoking and drinking in Brazil
“Kiss Me Again as I Ride Off into the Sunset” A fictional aside for your reading pleasure In the salon and smoking lounge of Captain Nemo’s Underwater Seafood Restaurant, the Brazilian writer Jô Soares has just told Moacyr Scliar and others that “This is the kind of fable I think you’ll enjoy.” And so, skipping […]
Squealer! 40 years later, will he be redeemed?
Trouble in the Magic Kingdom Redemption after 40 years Author’s note: Nearly everything written these past two or three months has had some connection with COVID-19. While that may define the times, it doesn’t define us. I thought back a few weeks to when I referenced Bocaccio’s “Decameron,” that treasure trove of tales narrated by […]