Rubem Fonseca

Rubem Fonseca

출생 : 1925-05-11, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil

사망 : 2020-04-15

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Rubem Fonseca (born May 11, 1925) is a Brazilian writer. He was born in Juiz de Fora, in the state of Minas Gerais, but he has lived most of his life in Rio de Janeiro. In 1952, he started his career as a low-level cop and, later became a police commissioner, one of the highest ranks in the civil police of Brazil. Following the steps of American novelist Thomas Pynchon, a close friend of Fonseca, he refuses to give interviews and feels strongly about maintaining his privacy. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Rubem Fonseca

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Armpits
Armpits
Writer
Lazarus de Jesus is the adopted son of a wealthy lady from Lisbon, whom he calls Grandmother. It is she who introduces him to Godfather, a great businessman who takes him as his protégé, and Angelina, the woman Grandma wants him to marry. But Lazarus has other hidden interests, the most important of which is an obsessive fixation on female armpits. When he sees the violinist Maria Pia playing, Lazarus immediately falls in love and starts to live for her, which will precipitate an absolutely unpredictable ending.
Cobrador: In God We Trust
Cobrador: In God We Trust
Story
Adaptation and unification in a single story of several stories by the writer Rubem Fonseca, where the theme of violence in contemporary society is explored.
The Man of the Year
The Man of the Year
Screenplay
Maiquél has lost a bet and dyed his hair blond. This seemingly innocuous event triggers a head-on collision with destiny in which he goes from nobody to hero to outlaw — all in 24 hours.
Bufo & Spallanzani
Bufo & Spallanzani
Novel
Ivan Canabrava is a writer, turned insurance ivestigator who investigates mysterious deaths involving Bufo Marinus. Bufo Marinus is a frog poison causing catalepsy in humans, simulating death, enabling grand insurance fraud and other crimes. Ten years later, now as a successful writer, similar characters possibly using Bufo Marinus reappear and create an intricate plot full of surprises.
High Art
High Art
Novel
Peter Mandrake, a North-American photojournalist becomes embroiled in South America's dangerous underworld of pimps, drug gangs and arms smugglers when he sets out to find the killer of a local call girl.
High Art
High Art
Writer
Peter Mandrake, a North-American photojournalist becomes embroiled in South America's dangerous underworld of pimps, drug gangs and arms smugglers when he sets out to find the killer of a local call girl.
Stelinha
Stelinha
Screenplay
A young rock singer meets his childhood heroine, a famous singer who is now wallowing in alcohol and sex.
A Extorsão
A Extorsão
Writer
A Married Man's Report
A Married Man's Report
Writer
Carlos, a married lawyer, gets involved with one of his clients. But the relationship turns into an obsession. The woman understands she'll never manage to separate Carlos from his wife, and decides to leave him, running away with another man.
Lúcia McCartney, Uma Garota de Programa
Lúcia McCartney, Uma Garota de Programa
Screenplay
The daily life of a Brazilian escort.
Lúcia McCartney, Uma Garota de Programa
Lúcia McCartney, Uma Garota de Programa
Story
The daily life of a Brazilian escort.