The Lady of Solitude projects a fresh and daring new voice on to the Brazilian literary scene. These transgressive and highly charged erotic stories are all written from a woman's point of view and they offer an unexpected perspective on the world, sex and desire in a changing Brazilian and global context. That is not to say that all of Parisot's characters are strong, emancipated and resolute: they just live in a world where relationships of all kinds have changed. Avowedly a disciple of the famous detective writer Rubem Fonseca, Paula Parisot adds a new and sinister twist to crimes of passion in the big city. Some of the settings are familiar to Fonseca fans: high society salons, favelas, back alleys, and hotels in European capitals. Alternating the register from interior monologue to letters and omniscient narration, Parisot brings to the surface intimate moments as well as exact instants when certain social conventions change, move on or die.

About the Author

Paula Parisot was born in Rio de Janeiro. She has a degree in industrial design from the Pontificia Universidade Catolica (Rio de Janeiro) and an M.F.A. from the New School in New York. She has worked in fashion design and film while pursuing her writing career. Her first book, A Dama da Solidao (The Lady of Solitude) was a finalist for the Jabuti Prize for the short story.Her first novel, Gonzos e Parafusos (Hinges and Screws,2010) inspired a performance art event in which the author spent seven days and six nights in a cage, re-enacting the sanatorium room that mimics the final scene of the novel. Partir (Leaving, 2013) is illustrated by the author and also inspired several performance art and film events. The author lives in Sao Paulo with her family.

Elizabeth Lowe is the founding director of the Center for Translation Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has translated both Brazilian and Lusophone writers,including Clarice Lispector, Euclides da Cunha, Machado de Assis,J.P. Cuenca, Antonio Lobo Antunes, and recently Joao de Melo. Her translation of J.P. Cuenca's The Happiest Ending for a Love Story is an Accident (2013) was a finalist for the IMPAC award. The Brazilian Academy of Letters recognized her for the second translation of the national classic Os Sertoes by Euclides da Cunha (Backlands: The Canudos Campaign, 2010). She resides in Gainesville, Florida.

Among the more than thirty book-length works Clifford E. Landers has translated from Portuguese are novels by Rubem Fonseca, Joao Ubaldo Ribeiro, Jorge Amado, Patricia Melo, Jo Soares, Chico Buarque, Ignacio de Loyola Brandao, Nelida Pinon, Paulo Coelho, Marcos Rey, and Jose de Alencar. A former Fulbright exchange professor in the Dominican Republic, he is a recipient of the Mario Ferreira award and author of Literary Translation: A Practical Guide, published by Multilingual Matters Ltd. in 2001. A professor emeritus at New Jersey City University, he resides with his wife Vasda Bonafini Landers in Naples, Florida.

Reviews

A Brazilian author's debut explores ennui and obsession among young sophisticates.

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Book Information
ISBN 9781628971453
Author Paula Parisot
Format Paperback
Page Count 120
Imprint Dalkey Archive Press
Publisher Dalkey Archive Press