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APPOINTMENT IN SAMARRA: An Appointment nobody should miss
Rarely does a writer debut with such a grace and so close to the perfect as happened to John O’Hara and his “Appointment in Samarra”. Many authors are dazzled with the possibilities … mais »
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Roberta Flack faz shows no Brasil
Carlos Scomazzon wrote 1 week ago: A cantora norte-americana Roberta Flack fará apresentação única no Citibank Hall, no Rio de J … more »
Sua barba está pronta?
clubenozes wrote 1 month ago: Quando achamos que já vimos de tudo, sempre aparece alguma coisa a mais para nos “surpreender … more »
APPOINTMENT IN SAMARRA: An Appointment nobody should miss
alyssonoliveira wrote 1 month ago: Rarely does a writer debut with such a grace and so close to the perfect as happened to John O … more »
LIGHT YEARS: Beneath the shiny surface
alyssonoliveira wrote 2 months ago: Nothing is perfect. A marriage that seems to be unshakable may be just hiding dark cracks beneath a … more »
DESPERATE CHARACTERS: The cat effect
alyssonoliveira wrote 2 months ago: Once upon a time there was a Brooklyn middle-aged couple whose marital life was that great, but they … more »
BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY: Much before the loss of the innocence
alyssonoliveira wrote 2 months ago: Jay McInerney’s funny and smart debut “Bright Lights, Big City” was published abou … more »
THE SAFETY OF OBJECTS: Where the suburban heart is
alyssonoliveira wrote 2 months ago: American cinema and literature have glimpsed close at lives in the suburbs with mixed results – so … more »
MARCH: Mr. & Mrs. March
alyssonoliveira wrote 3 months ago: Geraldine Brooks’s Pulitzer Prize Award winner “March” has a clever starting. She … more »
JESUS' SON - STORIES: Children of loneness
alyssonoliveira wrote 3 months ago: In Denis Johnson’s stunning collection of short stories “Jesus’ Son”, there … more »
THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO: Of curses and blessing
alyssonoliveira wrote 3 months ago: Junot Díaz has something important to tell us. He also has something funny and entertaining - but a … more »
YOU ARE NOT A STRANGER HERE: There is so much pain in this world
alyssonoliveira wrote 3 months ago: Adam Haslett’s award-finalist début is one of the best short stories collection that one came … more »
GIRL WITH PEARL EARRING: Almost Better Than The Real Thing
alyssonoliveira wrote 3 months ago: You don’t have to be an art enthusiast, or even know who Veermer is and his importance to pain … more »
MIDDLESEX: Jeffrey Eugenides proves that he is no fluke
alyssonoliveira wrote 3 months ago: When Jeffrey Eugenides dazzled us with his first novel `The Virgin Suicides’ in 1993, we didn … more »
THE DAY OF THE LOCUST: A Day impossible to be forgotten
alyssonoliveira wrote 3 months ago: Published in the late 30’s, Nathanael West’s “The Day of the Locust” reads l … more »
INTERPRETER OF MALADIES: Interpreting subtle ties and cultural clash
alyssonoliveira wrote 3 months ago: The young writer Jhumpa Lahiri bears a huge responsibility. Not only because her debut “Interp … more »
LIGHT IN AUGUST: Memory believes before knowing remembers
alyssonoliveira wrote 3 months ago: William Faulkner was concerned with the effects of memory in the construction of one’s identit … more »
WHERE I'M CALLING FROM: Where Chekhov is calling from
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alyssonoliveira wrote 3 months ago: The readers of Raymond Carver’s selected stories “Where I’m Calling From” is … more »
ADA OR ARDOR: Life is somewhere else
alyssonoliveira wrote 4 months ago: “Lolita” is Vladmir Nabokov’s most famous book - but those who are able to read hi … more »
VERONICA: What ever happened to Veronica?
alyssonoliveira wrote 4 months ago: ‘When I was young, my mother read me a story about a wicked little girl’. So begins Mary … more »
