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The End por Fernanda Torres
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The End (edición 2017)

por Fernanda Torres (Autor), Alison Entrekin (Traductor)

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In this deadly-funny debut novel by renowned Brazilian actress Fernanda Torres, five macho friends in Rio's Copacabana reflect on their hedonistic glory days--now supplanted by the indignities of aging--in what turn out to be their final moments. With uncanny insight into the less virtuous corners of the male psyche, Fernanda Torres brings us five friends who once milked the high life of Rio's Bossa Nova age and are now left with memories--parties, marriages, divorces, fixations, inhibitions, bad decisions--and the grim realities of getting old. Álvaro lives alone and bemoans the evils of his ex-wife. Sílvio can't give up the excesses of sex and drugs. Ribeiro is a vain, Viagra-abusing beach bum. Neto is the square, a faithful husband until the end. Ciro is the Don Juan envied by all--but the first to die. Cutting in on these swan songs are the testimonies of those the men seduced, cheated, loved, and abandoned: their wives and children. Edgy, funny, and wise, The End is a candid tropical tragicomedy and an epitaph for a lost generation of machos.… (más)
Miembro:burritapal
Título:The End
Autores:Fernanda Torres (Autor)
Otros autores:Alison Entrekin (Traductor)
Información:Restless Books (2017), 256 pages
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Fun But Hard to Keep Characters Straight

"The End" by Fernanda Torres tells the story of five men who came of age in '60s Rio de Janeiro. The men are all arrogant pleasure-seekers who care little for anyone else. Supposedly friends, they all have intertwining rivalries and relationships that never get sorted out. This makes the book read like a great soap opera.

Amid descriptions of youthful sexual indulgences, readers are given small tastes of what aging might be like. These glimpses of aging, however, are few and far between. The bulk of the book is about the men's sexual conquest's, drug use, and eventual divorces. I found Torres' insights about aging to be very smart, but they were rare.

There are occasional run-ins with artifacts from Rio's heyday. The names of brilliant singers are dropped throughout the novel, as her encounters with bikini beach culture.

Fernanda Torres is a fun writer and the translation by Alison Entrekin flows very, very well. Unfortunately, the books biggest problem is that it is difficult to keep the characters and their families straight. Perhaps this points more toward the faults of a poor reader than anything else. ( )
  mvblair | Aug 8, 2020 |
O livro narra a estória de vida e morte de 5 amigos/companheiros. Cada capítulo corresponde a momentos específicos de um personagem e sua visão íntima da vida, que se mistura a visão que os outros têm a seu respeito. As estórias são bem interessantes, mas me senti assistindo um filme brasileiro, com a enorme quantidade de palavrões vomitadas pelos personagens.
Fernanda descreve cada personagem mostrando o início da amizade, a vida de casado, a separação, a infidelidade, a permanência em um casamento morto, tudo isso em um enredo ora engraçado, ora triste, mas de uma realidade que se pode pensar em qualquer um desses personagens como pessoas reais. ( )
  CassiaAlencar | Jun 6, 2020 |
Cinque amici entrano - ognuno a modo suo - negli scivolosi territori della tarda maturità. L'amore, il sesso (consumato e desiderato, cercato e perduto), le donne, le donne, le donne e ancora le donne. Ma anche la solitudine, l'orrore del decadimento fisico, la morte. Insomma, la vita. Solo una donna poteva raccontare cosí le passioni e le debolezze maschili: una scatenata commedia umana, senza indulgenze né sconti.
  kikka62 | Mar 18, 2020 |
Contos sobre um grupo de amigos com as suas aventuras desde os anos 1960, concluindo com os seus desfechos. ( )
  omyasuda | Mar 22, 2019 |
Gostei do formato, ri, algumas passagens são bem sacadas, os personagens são tragicômicos. Foi interessante. Não é meu estilo usual, mas apesar de muita coisa eu gostei ^_^ ( )
  MarthaNunes | Nov 2, 2015 |
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In this deadly-funny debut novel by renowned Brazilian actress Fernanda Torres, five macho friends in Rio's Copacabana reflect on their hedonistic glory days--now supplanted by the indignities of aging--in what turn out to be their final moments. With uncanny insight into the less virtuous corners of the male psyche, Fernanda Torres brings us five friends who once milked the high life of Rio's Bossa Nova age and are now left with memories--parties, marriages, divorces, fixations, inhibitions, bad decisions--and the grim realities of getting old. Álvaro lives alone and bemoans the evils of his ex-wife. Sílvio can't give up the excesses of sex and drugs. Ribeiro is a vain, Viagra-abusing beach bum. Neto is the square, a faithful husband until the end. Ciro is the Don Juan envied by all--but the first to die. Cutting in on these swan songs are the testimonies of those the men seduced, cheated, loved, and abandoned: their wives and children. Edgy, funny, and wise, The End is a candid tropical tragicomedy and an epitaph for a lost generation of machos.

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