As If by Magic
Edgard Telles Ribeiro author Margaret A Neves translator Kim M Hastings translator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bellevue Literary Press
Publishing:26th Feb '26
£12.99
This title is due to be published on 26th February, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
Nothing is as it seems in the sinuous tales of Brazilian master Edgard Telles Ribeiro
A son embarks on a journey involving a disappearing suitcase, secret police, and a strange letter, while pursuing a father who appears to have fallen victim to Alzheimer’s disease. A man inherits a deserted island and is drawn into the mysterious, possibly deadly affairs of a strange couple on a sailboat. A gold miner in a remote Amazon outpost escapes from a murderous foreman by building an improbable machine. A writer chases the evasive opening sentence of his novel while locked down in his Rio de Janeiro apartment with his wife, until she usurps the narrative.
In the four tales that comprise As If by Magic, Edgard Telles Ribeiro invites us into labyrinthine worlds where what we perceive is only the beginning of the story.
Praise for As If by Magic
“Delivers surprises and pathos in equal measure. . . . Ribeiro’s mysterious narratives sneak up on the reader with profound revelations.” —Publishers Weekly
Select Praise for Edgard Telles Ribeiro
“Elegant, absorbingly knowing, chilling, dryly humorous and often moving.” —Francisco Goldman
“Comical and brooding, enchanting and disturbing.” —Laura Restrepo
“Atmospheric and engrossing. . . . A master of the subtleties of subjectivity.” —Wall Street Journal
“Cunning” —Washington Post
“Sumptuous.” —Tulsa World
“Unveils details with a poetic lushness, unhurried, dreamy, as if lingering on their weight, their significance.” —Philadelphia Inquirer
“Telles Ribeiro’s [work] is of global import, a caution against too readily forgetting and too quickly adapting.” —Words Without Borders
ISBN: 9781954276505
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
192 pages