The Collected Stories of Moacyr Scliar

by Moacyr Scliar

Book Overview

From Brazil's most distinguished and important Jewish writer comes this anthology comprised of six collections: in The Carnival of the Animals, Scliar uses political allegory to convey what was normally censored during the height of repression under Brazil's military regime. These tragicomic stories reveal Scliar's interest in issues of oppression, persecution, holocaust, mutability, and the interplay between good and evil. The Ballad...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826319122
• ISBN13: 9780826319128
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 499 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.6" x 8.3"