Ways to Disappear (Hardcover)

from ozzer

This clever novel deals with issues related to the pitfalls of translating fiction-the translator must maintain the art that the author puts on paper while creating something new that is not exactly literal. The definitions behind the author's words need to be considered while refraining from ext...

from nancyjean19

3.5 stars I enjoyed Novey's writing style and her invocation of a steamy few days in Brazil, but the characters were too vaguely sketched out. I never quite bought or believed any of the relationships between the characters or their motivations. The imagery cleverly connects with the magical real...

from seeword

Uh, why did this get so many raves? A Brazilian novelist goes missing, her American translator goes to Brazil to search for her, stuff happens. I thought of the movie Romancing the Stone though I doubt that's what the author intended. Library book.

from icolford

In the opening scene of Idra Novey's debut novel, the brilliant but eccentric Brazilian novelist Beatriz Yagoda is seen climbing a tree, carrying a packed suitcase and smoking a cigar. After this she vanishes completely. In Brazil, the disappearance of the country's pre-eminent writer is newswort...