{"product_id":"macunaima-the-hero-with-no-character-9780811227025","title":"Macunaíma: The Hero with No Character","description":"Here at last is an exciting new edition of the Brazilian modernist epic \u003cem\u003eMacunaíma: The Hero with No Character\u003c\/em\u003e, by Mário de Andrade. This landmark 1928 novel follows the adventures of the shapeshifting Macunaíma and his brothers as they leave their Amazon home for a whirlwind tour of Brazil, cramming four centuries and a continental expanse into a single mythic plane. Having lost a magic amulet, the hero and his brothers journey to São Paulo to retrieve the talisman that has fallen into the hands of an Italo-Peruvian captain of industry (who is also a cannibal giant). Written over six delirious days--the fruit of years of study--\u003cem\u003eMacunaíma\u003c\/em\u003e magically synthesizes dialect, folklore, anthropology, mythology, flora, fauna, and pop culture to examine Brazilian identity. This brilliant translation by Katrina Dodson has been many years in the making and includes an extensive section of notes, providing essential context for this magnificent work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mário de Andrade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/04\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.92h x 5.26w x 0.74d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811227025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/13\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2023 pg. 87\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ede Andrade, Mário:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Mário de Andrade (1893-1945) was a poet, novelist, critic, piano teacher, ethnomusicologist, and leading figure in Brazilian culture. He was a central instiga-tor of the 1922 \u003cem\u003eSemana de Arte Moderna\u003c\/em\u003e (Modern Art Week), which marked a new era of modernism. He spent much of his life pioneering the study and preservation of Brazilian folk heritage and was the founding director of São Paulo's Department of Culture.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDodson, Katrina:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eKatrina Dodson's\u003c\/strong\u003e translation of \u003cem\u003eThe Complete Stories \u003c\/em\u003eby Clarice Lispector was awarded the PEN Translation Prize, the American Translators Association Lewis Galantière Award, and a Northern California Book Award. She translated Mário de Andrade's 1928 Brazilian modernist classic, \u003cem\u003eMacunaíma: The Hero with No Character.\u003c\/em\u003e Her writing has appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe Paris Review, The Believer, McSweeney's, Triple Canopy\u003c\/em\u003e and elsewhere. Dodson holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of California, Berkeley and is an affiliated scholar of the Brazil LAB at Princeton University. A San Francisco native, she now lives in Brooklyn and teaches translation at Columbia University.","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"M\u0026#195;\u0026#161;rio de Andrade \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48685083558045,"sku":"9780811227025","price":21.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_a8ef780b-3946-441d-8fc1-0a8513341b4a.jpg?v=1784714305","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/macunaima-the-hero-with-no-character-9780811227025","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}