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Rubem Fonseca

Contributor

Rubem Fonseca

Brazil

Rubem Fonseca is one of Brazil’s most popular and distinguished novelists and screenwriters. He has written many novels including Bufo & Spallanzani and High Art, which was made into the film Exposure. His work has been translated into German, French, Spanish, and Italian, among other languages. He lives in Rio de Janeiro.

Articles by Rubem Fonseca

Belle

By Rubem Fonseca

I don’t enjoy popping anybody, but it's my job.

Translated from Portuguese by Clifford E. Landers

Multilingual

The Hunchback and Botticelli’s Venus

By Rubem Fonseca

A hunchback either becomes impotent or burns in a fire of lasciviousness that never cools for a single instant, like the heat of hell.

Translated from Portuguese by Clifford E. Landers

Multilingual

Mandrake

By Rubem Fonseca

I was White and had fianchettoed my bishop. Berta was mounting a strong center pawn position.“This is the office of Paulo Mendes,” my voice said on the answering machine, giving whoever had…

Translated from Portuguese by Clifford E. Landers

The Flesh and the Bones

By Rubem Fonseca

My plane wasn’t leaving till the next day. For the first time, I regretted not having a picture of my mother with me, but I’d always thought it idiotic to go around with family pictures in…

Translated from Portuguese by Clifford E. Landers