{"product_id":"the-taker-and-other-stories-paperback","title":"The Taker and Other Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRubem Fonseca\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eClifford E. Landers\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach of Fonseca's books is not only a worthwhile journey; it is also, in some way, a necessary one.--Thomas Pynchon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost widely admired for his short fiction, \u003ci\u003eThe Taker and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e is Fonseca's first collection to appear in English translation, and it ranges across his oeuvre, exploring the sights and sounds of the modern landscape of Rio de Janeiro. Rubem Fonseca's Rio is a city at war, a city whose vast disparities--in wealth, social standing, and prestige--are untenable. In the stories of \u003ci\u003eThe Taker\u003c\/i\u003e, rich and poor live in an uneasy equilibrium, where only overwhelming force can maintain order, and violence and deception are essential tools of survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether recounting the story of a businessman who runs over pedestrians to let off steam, a serial killer being pushed to ever greater crimes by his bourgeois lover, the desperate poor rushing to butcher a cow that has been killed in a traffic accident, or a man seeking out confirmation for a past which his friends deny, Fonseca repeatedly reaffirms his status as one of the purest storytellers on the contemporary Brazilian literary scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRubem Fonseca\u003c\/b\u003e is considered one of Brazil's most influential writers, and was awarded the Prémio Camões--considered the Nobel Prize of Portuguese language literature--for his body of work in 2003. That same year he was awarded the Juan Rulfo Prize.\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClifford E. Landers\u003c\/b\u003e has translated many of the great writers of Brazil, including Jorge Amado, João Ubaldo Ribeiro, Patricia Melo, Osman Lins, and Moacyr Scliar among others. He received the Mario Ferreira Award in 1999.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRubem Fonseca\u003c\/b\u003e is considered one of Brazil's most influential writers, and was awarded the Prémio Camões--considered the Nobel Prize of Portuguese language literature--for his body of work in 2003. That same year he was awarded the Juan Rulfo Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClifford E. Landers\u003c\/b\u003e has translated many of the great writers of Brazil, including Jorge Amado, João Ubaldo Ribeiro, Patricia Melo, Osman Lins, and Moacyr Scliar among others. He received the Mario Ferreira Award in 1999.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 166\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 5.4 x 8.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 02, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47244309233913,"sku":"9781948830706","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/dEdqdkZpNHRFVWdvUG5hZFBsajB0QT09.webp?v=1768591138","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-taker-and-other-stories-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}