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In the tradition of such great Latin American magic realists as Jorge Amada, Sergio Kokis recreates the magic world of a child in Brazil.

The novel is told from the point of view of a Brazilian painter in exile somewhere in the northern climes - man who longs for the warmth and vibrancy of his childhood.

But his childhood and adolescence were not easy. Torn between a deeply religious (and superstitious) mother and his father, a man of science and reason, the young man survives his home life, life at boarding school, and life abroad to become an artist and a person in his own right.

Funhouse (Le pavillon des miroirs in French) has won four major literary awards in Quebec: Grand Prix du livre de Montr al, Prix de L'Acad mie des lettres du Qu bec, Prix Qu bec-Paris, and Prix Desjardins.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780889242869
  • ISBN-10: 0889242860
  • Publisher: Dundurn Press
  • Publish Date: April 1999
  • Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.67 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.84 pounds
  • Page Count: 300

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