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008			110818s2011 ilu 000 1 eng
010			_a2009051742
020			_a9781564785893
050	0	0	_aPQ9698.28.I165 _bC3713 2010
082	0	0	_aLAS FIC RIB
100	1		_aRibeiro, Joao Ubaldo _d, 1941-
240	1	0	_aCasa dos budas ditosos _l. English
245	1	0	_aHouse of the fortunate Buddhas _c/ João Ubaldo Ribeiro ; translated by Clifford E. Landers.
260			_aChampaign, Il. _b: Dalkey Archive Press _c, 2011.
300			_a147 p. _c; 21 cm.
500			_a"Originally published in Portuguese as A casa dos budas ditosos by Editora Objetiva Ltda.,1999"--T.p. verso.
520			_aSet in 1940s and 50s provincial Brazil, House of the Fortunate Buddhas is perhaps most startling for it fiery, uninhibited, and highly compelling narrator. By force of her intelligence, courage, and strength of will, she achieves an unlikely liberation of both mind and body, and her sardonic, frank some have called it pornographic monologue is an unforgettable work of literary ventriloquism, telling the story of one woman s journey toward fulfillment. From the book: I decided to give my testimony orally, instead of writing it down, for several reasons, the major one being arthritis. No, let s cut that last line out! I don t have arthritis, and even if I did, I certainly wouldn t let any get into my book. So, fine: preface. I decided to give my testimony orally instead of in writing mainly because it s impossible to write about sex, at least in Portuguese, without coming off like a prostitute who s just been asked to talk dirty for the twentieth time in the same day . . ." House of the Fortunate Buddhas has been translated into French (winning the Grinzane Cavour Prize), Italian, and Spanish, and was adapted into a hit one-woman play in Brazil.
650		0	_aLust _v--Fiction
651		4	_aBrazil _v--Fiction
700	0		_aLanders, Clifford E.
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