Winning the Game and Other Stories (Brazilian Literature in Translation Series)
“The best thing in the work of Rubem Fonseca is not knowing where he’s going to take us. Every time I start a book of his it’s as if I answered a phone call in the middle of the night: ‘Hi, it’s me. You’re not going to believe what’s happening.’ Well, maybe not at first, but soon I’m believing everything. His writing performs miracles, it’s mysterious. Each of his books is not only a worthwhile journey: it’s a journey in some way necessary.” (Thomas Pynchon)