What are your opinions on brazilian /lit/? I noticed some people here enjoy pic related andd Drummond, but I really haven't seen geniuses as Machado de Assis mentioned throughout my years of lurking.
Have you read any brazilian books? If so, what were your impressions?; and if not, what is your overview about that country's literary production, if any?
![MarcFerrez_MachadodeAssis[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/tnezIRn.jpg "MarcFerrez_MachadodeAssis[1].jpg")
>>8169590
>this
>a genius
lmao, get back to tumblr, sweetheart
>>8169595
not falling for that, mr Fisher
Olavo Bilac is pretty good. Lispector is cool.
>>8169590
I've read Os Sertoes and its pretty fuckin great.
>>8169590
she looks so empty inside.
Also, Brazilian literature at its best is still kinda mediocre.
>>8169590
>Machado de Assis
Please recommend me his most edgy work in english translation
>>8169639
Why did you decide to read it?
>>8169671
Try the Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas. Geniously written, seriously.
>>8169650
Better than japanese, african (general), australian and mostly latino literature, at least.
Lima Barreto and Grasciliano Ramos were geniuses.
>>8170680
Hispanic and Latino literature take a shit on Brazilian "lit"
>>8170680
Japanese literature is among the best in the world.
>>8172465
no, it's not, you're just a weeaboo.
>>8172473
Could you name ten Japanese authors that you've read? Or five even? If you haven't read at least that many then you shouldn't really take a stance on it.
>>8172485
The only Brazilian worth reading is Machado de Assis. All others are just second rate imitators of European Modernists.
>>8170680
There's some terrific Australian lit. They do well for a sparsely populated nation.
Halfway through this, it's got some good insights into pedagogical practices and is an inspiring read.
