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Starred Review on May 1, 2023 | Classic Returns
Preeminent Brazilian modernist Andrade's audacious 1928 saga gets a brilliant new translation from Dodson. Andrade's narrative follows the protean exploits, sexual and otherwise, of Macunaíma, an outrageous shapeshifting trickster. Macunaíma's antiheroic catchphrase "Ah! just so lazy…!" is belied by the magnitude of his misadventures, a rollicking rush of trickery, transformation, and offhand cosmological creation. In a decided improvement over the prior t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
