by Ivan Angelo (Author), Ellen Watson (Translator)
The five interlocking stories in The Tower Of Glass create a singular, powerful account of a nation in turmoil - and a prophetic warning about an oppressive government's need to control not just the society but the mind. Through symbolism, wry humour, and outrageous sexual frankness, Ivan Angelo tells of businessmen and whores, poor working people and Death Squads, truth and illusion, and methods of political manipulation and terror. From the gritty, bawdy story of Bete the Streetwalker to the Kafkaesque portrait of a prison made of glass, the fictional pieces demonstrate Angelo's masterful wordplay, and his ability to take formal and structural risks without a false step.
Author Biography
Ivan Angelo is the author of several works of fiction, including the short story collection Duas Faces and the novel The Celebration (available from Turnaround), which received the prestigious Brazilian Publisher's Prize and has been compared to the works of Jorge Luis Borges.