Benjamin

by Chico Buarque

Book Overview

As the novel opens, Benjamin Zambraia, a middle-age model well past his peak, has just been shot by a firing squad. Hearing the shots, he relives an experience he has always anticipated: he sees his... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0747535027
• ISBN13: 9780747535027
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 150 Pages

Customer Reviews

Letters with music

The famous Brazilian composer is also a very talented writer. As a musician, his writing brings to the paper the sound and the movement of music, in a a very peculiar style. The book also has very refined humor, and though it is not an easy reading, it is a very good and rich experience.