Writers exposes a chaotic reality in which self expression elicits repercussions both absurd and frighteningly familiar
This masterpiece of pre-punk aesthetics critiques the hypocrisy and consumerism of modern culture while spoofing the "typical" maladjusted family
How far can a man be driven by the grief and despair surrounding the death of his child
The author of more than twenty novels
He is the author of three novels as well as books on Jean Genet (translated as The Last Genet: A Writer in Revolt) and Marcel Duchamp
The Poor aphorisms Writers exposes a chaotic realityThe Poor (Os Pobres, 1906), by Portuguese author Raul Brando, is a powerful tribute to the underclasses. Inno vative thematically and stylistically, the novel consists of loosely connected vignettes on two narrative levels: the lives of prostitutes, where the inexorable need for love is transformed into a means for survival; and the life of Gebo, a seemingly slovenly man, with neither sentiment nor intelligence. The Poor (Os Pobres, 1906), by