{"title":"Anibal Machado","description":"\"\u003cp\u003eMineiro, Aníbal Machado viveu por longo tempo no Rio de Janeiro, onde se tornaram famosas as suas domingueiras, que reuniam artistas como Oswald de Andrade, Pagu, Vinicius de Moraes e Di Cavalcanti, só pelo prazer de viver e conversar. Aníbal foi um apreciador do provisório, do circunstancial e desprezava, ao contrário, as sentenças e os dogmas. Numa de suas notas, diz que prefere o sentimento dramático do movimento ao sentimento do absoluto. Essa aversão pelas soluções fechadas e pelas imagens fixas ajuda a explicar a inquietação guardada em seus livros.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFoi um escritor realista, mas de um realismo temperado pela observação impressionista e pelo humor. Ele mesmo define: Humor, rebelião tranquila do espírito contra a miséria envergonhada da condição humana. Apegado ao passageiro e ao instável, Aníbal Machado pôde, assim, abrir espaço para sua fértil imaginação. Que se fixava, sempre, sobre o presente, desconfiando da utopia e da esperança. “As coisas ardentemente esperadas chegam frias’’, ele anota.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA literatura de Aníbal Machado está fortemente apegada à vida e a tudo o que ela tem de incompleto e quebradiço. Ele diz: O melhor momento da flecha não é o de sua inserção no alvo, mas o da trajetória entre o arco e a chegada. A preferência pelo passageiro o levou a uma postura existencialista, expressa na sentença: Viver é o mesmo que preparar-se para viver. E foi preparando-se para viver, mesmo sabendo que a vida completa e acabada nunca chega, que ele escreveu. Em trânsito, como um viajante, sempre de passagem, mas, por isso mesmo, disponível para o impacto das pequenas coisas. Aníbal Machado se via como um homem inacabado, em contínuo processo de mudança. Um homem movido pelo espírito da aventura.\u003c\/p\u003e\"","products":[{"product_id":"a-morte-da-porta-estandarte-tati-a-garota-e-outras-historias","title":"The Death of the Standard Bearer; Tati, the Girl and Other Stories","description":"The Death of the Standard-Bearer; Tati, the Girl and Other Stories brings together 13 short stories by Aníbal Machado (1894-1964). Despite his few publications, the author is considered one of Brazil's greatest short story writers. This reissue features a new graphic design and an introduction by Mario Pontes. The last publication was in 1997. An enthusiast of the avant-garde schools of the early 20th century, his entire literary work is heavily influenced by Modernism, but also displays characteristics of various trends of the time. The speed of modern life appears as a fundamental element in the Minas Gerais writer's fiction: ships, trains, and telegraph lines are recurrent in his work. In the short story \"The Initiate of the Wind,\" dedicated to João Cabral de Melo Neto, the wind plays a significant role, ceasing to be a mere phenomenon and determining the solution to the conflict. This short story has characteristics that subtly bring it closer to surrealism by presenting elements of both reality and fantasy. The departure from reality can also be seen in *The Parade of Hats*, *The Piano*, and *The Mouse*, *The Civil Guard* and *The Transatlantic*. Published under the title *Happy Life* in 1944, it accompanied the already famous *The Death of the Standard-Bearer*, which tells the story of a Rio tragedy, and other texts. In 1954, several short stories were added to this collection, and the book became *Collected Stories*, which for editorial reasons had its title changed to its current one. Among the stories added in 1954 is *Journey to Duília's Breasts*, dedicated to his friend Carlos Drummond de Andrade and considered one of the most important Brazilian short stories of the last century. In the text, the author tells the story of José Maria who, after years of working in a government office, retires and must reinvent his life. Another highlight of the book is the short story *Tati, the Girl*. In it, a pregnant woman moves from a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro to Copacabana. Aníbal's text became a film in 1973, directed by Bruno Barreto and starring Dina Sfat and Hugo Carvana.","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47159275782396,"sku":"9788503010740","price":59.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/39f70e908fce0c1c8704a1ce523df05d.jpg?v=1778322874"},{"product_id":"o-melhor-do-conto-brasileiro","title":"The best of Brazilian short stories","description":"\"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe best thing about Brazilian short stories\u003c\/em\u003e is the coming together of four authors who are similar in their differences.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Exponents of 20th-century Brazilian fiction, they couldn't be further apart. Where Josué Montello is classic and regionalist, Aníbal Machado is modern in his approach to urban themes; where Rachel de Queiroz approaches the social context, setting the Northeast as the stage, Marques Rebelo walks the line between short story and chronicle of customs, portraying the Rio de Janeiro suburbs. It's better this way: this diversity is representative of much of the best literature produced in Brazil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Different in so many aspects, the four authors seduce us with the same absolute mastery of language — that is what makes them similar in their differences.\u003c\/p\u003e \"","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47175130317052,"sku":"9788503011853","price":39.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/37c89cd0168feff38b7147bd04c1691f_de53bb38-e676-4430-9721-e7488483423b.jpg?v=1778313210"},{"product_id":"cadernos-de-joao","title":"John's Notebooks","description":"\"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eA collection of thoughts, poems and notes by Aníbal Machado.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eAníbal Machado was a frontier writer. He wrote short stories, essays, and prose poems, translated Kafka, wrote film scripts, and was a visual arts critic. He never seemed satisfied. A summary of his guiding concerns can be found in these \u003cem\u003e\"Cadernos de João\" (João's Notebooks)\u003c\/em\u003e , a collection of notes, poems, and thoughts that paint a magnificent inner portrait of him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eHe published \u003cem\u003eCadernos de João\u003c\/em\u003e in 1957. The volume was composed of two works previously published in small print runs, aimed at bibliophiles: \u003cem\u003eABC das Catradas (ABC of Catastrophes) and Topografia da Insônia\u003c\/em\u003e (Topography of Insomnia) (1951) and \u003cem\u003ePoemas em Prosa\u003c\/em\u003e (Poems in Prose) (1955). To be included in the new book, both were revised and expanded, which also meant the inclusion of a number of previously unpublished fragments. Excluding some of the previous texts, \u003cem\u003eCadernos de João\u003c\/em\u003e is a book of reflections on a variety of topics, among which philosophy stands out, indicating Aníbal's extensive culture and his ability to think accurately and clearly about essential questions of the world and existence.\u003c\/p\u003e \"","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47176304853244,"sku":"9788503007917","price":49.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/9fc04557bb2e624946c7a37f0587f8c0.jpg?v=1779246824"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.record.com.br\/en\/collections\/anibal-machado.oembed","provider":"Editora Record","version":"1.0","type":"link"}