World Literature Today, January 1st, 1997
Carlos Araujo (b. 1935), well published in the fields of science fiction, poetry, ethnology, and translation, now takes satiric aim at the current popularity, both inside Brazil and worldwide, of esoteric literature. In point of fact, O aldrabista (The Swindler) is an easy-to-read, lighthearted, and deliberate pastiche lambasting, above all, Paulo Coelho's highly successful work The Alchemist. At the same time, though, Araujo's novel also offers a wealth of informational and entertaining Brasiliana, both on the nation's convoluted recent past and, by extension, on its present-day identity cr...
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