Benjamim

by Chico Buarque

Book Overview

As the novel opens, Benjamin Zambraia, a middle-age model well past his peak, has just been shot by a firing squad. Hearing the shots, he relives an experience he has always anticipated: he sees his... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8571645027
• ISBN13: 9788571645028
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Companhia Das Letras
• Length: 165 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Letters with music

The famous Brazilian composer is also a very talented writer. As a musician, his writing brings to the paper the sound and the movement of music, in a a very peculiar style. The book also has very refined humor, and though it is not an easy reading, it is a very good and rich experience.