{"title":"Edimilson de Almeida Pereira","description":"Edimilson de Almeida Pereira was born in 1963 in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil. He is a prolific, award-winning novelist, poet and scholar, as well as a professor of literature at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora. His novel The Front was the recipient of the 2021 São Paulo Prize for Best Book of the Year.","products":[{"product_id":"the-front-paperback","title":"The Front - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the São Paulo Prize for Best Book of the Year, \u003ci\u003eThe Front\u003c\/i\u003e by Edimilson de Almeida Pereira introduces us to a nameless figure who refers to himself only as a \"man-tree.\" He lives beneath the din of police helicopters and beside an imposing garbage dump, where, as a child, he'd hunt for books. How will he respond to a system that attempts, relentlessly, through its tedium and violence, to silence him? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThis separation between there and here, between them and us, transformed the child in me too soon into an adult. There's something painful in this development, from being a child burning with joy, despite his own fear, to becoming a man who, every minute of the day, holds himself back from setting the world on fire. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Front\u003c\/i\u003e is an astonishingly original novel, one that nevertheless brings to mind James Baldwin's unflinching critique of modern society and Clarice Lispector's daring experiments with language. \u003ci\u003eThe Front\u003c\/i\u003e introduces to English-language readers an important, deeply poetic voice from contemporary Brazil.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50102815981791,"sku":"9798990322448","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/72QXeureBf9798990322448.webp?v=1781087408"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/edimilson-de-almeida-pereira.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}