O anjo Esmeralda
Subtitle: nove históricas
By: Don DeLillo ; traduzido do inglês por Paulo Faria
Contributors: Faria, Paulo; Porto Editora
Edition: 1a. ed.
Publisher: Porto Editora
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Porto, Portugal
Language: por
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9789720071729
Subjects: Short stories; Fiction; Social life and customs; Nouvelles; Romans, nouvelles; Mœurs et coutumes; Manners and customs
Work titles: Angel Esmeralda - Nine Stories
Description: From one of the greatest writers of our time, his first collection of short stories, written between 1979 and 2011, chronicling--and foretelling--three decades of American life. Set in Greece, the Caribbean, Manhattan, a white-collar prison and outer space, these nine stories are a mesmerizing introduction to Don DeLillo's iconic voice, from the rich, startling, jazz-infused rhythms of his early work to the spare, distilled, monastic language of the later stories. In "Creation," a couple at the end of a cruise somewhere in the West Indies can't get off the island--flights canceled, unconfirmed reservations, a dysfunctional economy. In "Human Moments in World War III," two men orbiting the earth, charged with gathering intelligence and reporting to Colorado Command, hear the voices of American radio, from a half century earlier. In the title story, Sisters Edgar and Grace, nuns working the violent streets of the South Bronx, confirm the neighborhood's miracle, the apparition of a dead child, Esmeralda ...

Collects nine short stories written between 1979 and 2011 that chronicle three decades of American life from the perspective of a range of characters, including a pair of nuns in the South Bronx and two astronauts orbiting the Earth.
Notes: Short Stories.

Translation from English: Angel Esmeralda - Nine Stories.

In Portuguese.
Table of contents: title: Criac̜ão; title: Momentos calorosos na Terceira Guerra Mundial; title: O corredor; title: A acrobata de marfim; title: O anjo Esmeralda; title: Baader-Meinhof; title: Meia-noite em Dostoievski; title: Foice e martelo; title: A faminta.