Totonha
“The way I see it, real wisdom is knowing how to read someone’s face. Right up nose to nose with whoever it is.” Story of the Week (June 19), by Marcelino Freire. Translated from Portuguese by Annie McDermott.
Read MoreMarcelino Freire was born in Sertânia, in the northeastern Brazilian state of Pernambuco, in 1967. A writer and cultural activist, he is the author of six collections of stories, including ‘Amar é crime (Loving is a Crime)’ and ‘Contos negreiros (Slave Stories)’, which won the Jabuti Prize for the best short story collection in 2005. His first novel, ‘Nossos ossos (Our Bones)’, was published in 2014, and won that year’s Jabuti Prize for the best novel.
Yamami
“I don’t want to die in the first world, I want to die lost on the horizon. Dazzled.” Story of the Week (June 5), by Marcelino Freire. Translated from Portuguese by Annie McDermott.
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Outside Solar dos PrÃncipes
“The slimy bastards come strolling in, poking around in our past, and we open up like little birds. Tell our stories like parrots. We sing, we roll over. We offer them our coca-cola.” Story of the Week (May 22), by Marcelino Freire. Translated from Portuguese by Annie McDermott.
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