"Two novellas translated from the Portuguese"--
Edgard Telles Ribeiro Knihy
13. listopad 1944
Edgard Telles Ribeiro byl spisovatel a diplomat, který se věnoval také žurnalistice, filmu a výuce filmu. Jeho debutový román byl publikován ve Spojených státech, Německu, Nizozemsku a Španělsku. Jeho díla, která se často zabývají tématy umění a kultury, zkoumají složitosti lidských vztahů a společenských norem. Ribeirov styl je známý svou intelektuální hloubkou a poetickou citlivostí, což čtenářům nabízí promyšlený a atmosférický zážitek.
His Own Man
- 352 stránek
- 13 hodin čtení
In this award-winning novel, acclaimed Brazilian writer Edgard Telles Ribeiro illuminates a dark corner of his country's history. Marcilio Andrade Xavier is a charismatic young diplomat whose intelligence is matched only by his ambition. During the military dictatorship of 1964-1985, Max's artful manoeuvring -- political and personal -- assures him a meteoric career as democracies topple throughout South America. Yet Max remains an enigma to his colleagues, his friends, and even his wife, who know few details of his involvement with oppressive regimes, let alone the CIA and MI6. Amid embassy machinations, glittering parties, dire acts, and revealing intimate encounters, one of Max's younger colleagues starts piecing together who Max really is, and at what cost he has purchased his dazzling career. A political thriller of the highest order, His Own Manis a chilling anatomy of power, ambition, and betrayal.
