The five interlocking stories in The Tower of Glass create a singular, powerful account of a nation in turmoil—and a prophetic warning about an oppressive government's need to control not just the society but the mind.
Through symbolism, wry...
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The five interlocking stories in The Tower of Glass create a singular, powerful account of a nation in turmoil—and a prophetic warning about an oppressive government's need to control not just the society but the mind.
Ângelo's wry, symbolic, and sexually frank prose introduces us businessmen and whores, poor working people and Death Squads, truth and illusion, and methods of political manipulation and terror. From the gritty burlesque of Bete the streetwalker to the panopticon-nightmare of an all-glass prison, these short fictions are shot through with the wordplay, grace, and deftness necessary to pull off risky structural gambits without taking a false step.
Ivan Ângelo (born 1936) is a novelist and journalist from Minas Gerais, Brazil who has, among his other work, edited the São Paulo newspaper Jornal da Tarde, written a column for the magazine Veja, and lectured at Yale. The Celebration won the 1975 Prêmio Jabuti, one of Brazil’s best-known literary prizes.