Recent content by Benny Profane

Great contenders, but I think Dương Thu Hương is the heaviest.

:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO: Does Madeira deserve the "hype" about her books? Recently, it was published here by Editora Aboio Have you read this book into English or into Portuguese? Thank you for sharing your reviews with us...

Brazilian filmmaker, Toni Venturi, has passed away: https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/noticia/2024/05/19/cineasta-toni-venturi-morre-aos-68-anos-em-sp.ghtml

Relevant new releases: 1) Ananda Devi's first work published in Brazil: https://imaeditorial.com.br/produto/a-risada-das-deusas/; 2) Marie N'Daye's another work: https://imaeditorial.com.br/produto/rosie-carpe/; Another label in Brazil: https://imaeditorial.com.br/ 3) Ágota Kristóf's another...

Translation: "Yesterday, it's a pleasure for me to have a conversation with Guilherme Mazzafera and Leonardo Rabelo, from the Brazilian Consulate based in Sydney, about my project of translation into English of Grande Sertão: Veredas - which has done".

Coincidentally, I was wondering about this lovely thread tonight and the discussions relating our picks. LOL So, there we go (my shortlist): 1) Elias Khoury (Lebanon); 2) Salim Barakat (Syria/Kurdistan/Sweden); 3) Dương Thu Hương (Vietnam/France); 4) Yan Lianke (China); 5) Ananda Devi...

Are you Slovakian?

This is a non-sense thread about a bizarre happening with a weirdo plot: a pacifist poet tries to kill the Prime-Minister of Slovakia. I have no more words... https://www.wionews.com/world/who-is-juraj-cintula-the-71-year-old-poet-who-opened-fire-on-slovak-pm-robert-fico-721884

Always relevant:

Oh!!! May she rest in peace! :(

Prominent Brazilian actor, Paulo César Pereio, has passed away. He played roles in some films by Glauber Rocha, Ruy Guerra, Hector Babenco, etc. Obituary: https://g1.globo.com/rj/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/2024/05/12/ator-paulo-cesar-pereio-morre-no-rio.ghtml

Roger Corman, producer, screenwriter and king of films-B, has passed away. More here: https://variety.com/2024/film/news/roger-corman-dead-producer-independent-b-movie-1235999591/

In some cities of Rio Grande do Sul, there are intensive rain, landslide and flooding now. And the rivers can overflow again... Sad!!!

New Russian pieces: 1) https://www.arsetvita.com/product-page/alamedas-escuras-ivan-b%C3%BAnin (Bunin); 2) https://www.arsetvita.com/product-page/i%C3%BAchka-e-outras-hist%C3%B3rias-andrei-plat%C3%B4nov (Platonov)

I've been checking Dhalgren by Samuel Delany and the intro is just brilliant: "to wound the autumnal city. So howled out for the world to give him a name. The in-dark answered with wind. All you know I know: careening astronauts and bank clerks glancing at the clock before lunch; actresses...