Osman Lins - Avalovara

Presentation of the Czech translation of the novel Avalovar by the Brazilian writer Osman Lins.

The novel Avalovaro (1973) by Osman Lins, one of the giants of Brazilian literature of the 20th century, represents a unique work of Latin American literature, for the translation of which Czech readers had to wait half a century.

In an admittedly geometrically constructed novel, the story of a love affair between one man and three women unfolds, which is also a story of the search for a higher meaning and cosmic order of being in the gap between South America and the old continent with its culture. Above all, however, it is a breathtaking song of love as a hope for the revival of the world in a time of unfreedom.

Program:
Introduction and reading of an excerpt in Brazilian Portuguese: Luciana Molina (Brazilian lecturer at the Faculty of Arts, UK)

Discussion of the book: Václav Jamek (moderator and author of the afterword), Vlasta Dufková (translator) and Vít Kazmar (editor).

Musical accompaniment: Camões h.b.

The event is part of a wider program of celebrations on the occasion of the Day of the Portuguese Language, organized by the Portuguese Center in Prague and supported by the Brazilian Embassy in Prague and the Guimarães Rosa Institute.


Apresentação da tradução para o checo do romance Avalovara, do escritor brasileiro Osman Lins.
O romance Avalovara (1973), de Osman Lins, um dos grandes nomes da literatura brasileira do século XX, representa uma obra única da literatura Latino-americana, cuja tradução os leitores checos tudem de esperar meio século.
Neste romance de construção geometrica asumida, unfold a history of a loving relationship between a home and, successively, três mulheres, que é simultaneously a history of the search for a superior sense and a cosmic order, num arco que se estende entre a América do Sul e o velho continente com a sua cultura. Acima de tudo, perérom, é um canto arrebatador do amor como esperanza de renascimento do mundo numa época de opressão.

Introdução e leitura de um excerto em português: Luciana Molina (leitora brasileira na Faculdade de Letras UK)

Debate about the book: Václav Jamek (moderator and author of the
posfácio), Vlasta Dufková (translator) and Vít Kazmar (editor).
Accompanhamento musical: Camões h.b.

The event is part of a larger program of commemorations for the World Day of the Portuguese Language, organized by Centro Português de Praga and supported by the Brazilian Embassy in Praga and the Guimarães Rosa Institute.