New York. 1989. March 1989. Available Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 0345359690. Translated from the Portuguese by Eloah F. Giacomelli. 100 pages. paperback. Cover: Don Munson. keywords: Literature Translated Brazil Latin America. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Here are the shortest of all of Moacyr Scliar's short stories, over two dozen gems such as Root Canal Treatment,' Atlas,' A Brief History of Capitalism,' Peace and War' Life and Death of a Terrorist,' and Genesis: ' Why not sample Scliar now? Open to any story and read it as you stand here in the book- store. You will have entered the magical country of one of the world's premier storytellers. And after you've read all of THE ENIGMATIC EYE, you'll be able to read the other collections, THE CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS and THE BALLAD OF THE FALSE MESSIAH. On publication of THE STRANGE NATION OF RAFAEL MENDES, Alan Ryan noted Scliar's unique character, Scliar's voice is a fresh one, his artistic roots as firmly fixed in Jewish tradition and mythology as they are in Brazil's literary history. Given the breadth and depth of Brazilian artistic life, it is not at all surprising that her latest literary invention - original, fascinating, powerful, compelling and everything good that can be said about a novel - comes from the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants:' inventory #11976

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Author bio	Moacyr Jaime Scliar (March 23, 1937 - February 27, 2011) was a Brazilian writer and physician. Most of his writing centers on issues of Jewish identity in the Diaspora and particularly on being Jewish in Brazil. Scliar is best known outside Brazil for his 1981 novel Max and the Cats (Max e os Felinos), the story of a young German man who flees Berlin after he comes to the attention of the Nazis for having had an affair with a married woman. Making his way to Brazil, his ship sinks, and he finds himself alone in a dinghy with a jaguar who had been travelling in the hold. Scliar was born in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, into a Jewish family that immigrated to Brazil from Bessarabia in 1919. He graduated in medicine in 1962, majoring in public health. He worked for a time at the Jewish Hospital for the Elderly in Porto Alegre but then went into public health, mainly in the area of tuberculosis. A prolific writer, Scliar published over 100 books in Portuguese, covering various literary genres: short stories; novels; young adult fiction; children's books; and essays. In 1962, his first book Stories of a Doctor in Training was published, although later on he regretted having published it so young. His second book The Carnival of the Animals was published in 1968. In a recent autobiographical piece, Scliar discusses his membership of the Jewish, medical, Gaucho, and Brazilian tribes. His novel The Centaur in the Garden was included among the 100 Greatest Works of Modern Jewish Literature by The National Yiddish Book Center. In an interview with Judith Bolton-Fasman published in The Jewish Reader, August 2003, Scliar commented on his use of the centaur as a metaphor: 'The centaur is a symbol of the double identity, characteristic of Jews in a country like Brazil. At home, you speak Yiddish, eat gefilte fish, and celebrate Shabbat. But in the streets, you have soccer, samba, and Portuguese. After a while you feel like a centaur.'

Author bio

Author bio

Moacyr Jaime Scliar (March 23, 1937 - February 27, 2011) was a Brazilian writer and physician. Most of his writing centers on issues of Jewish identity in the Diaspora and particularly on being Jewish in Brazil. Scliar is best known outside Brazil for his 1981 novel Max and the Cats (Max e os Felinos), the story of a young German man who flees Berlin after he comes to the attention of the Nazis for having had an affair with a married woman. Making his way to Brazil, his ship sinks, and he finds himself alone in a dinghy with a jaguar who had been travelling in the hold. Scliar was born in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, into a Jewish family that immigrated to Brazil from Bessarabia in 1919. He graduated in medicine in 1962, majoring in public health. He worked for a time at the Jewish Hospital for the Elderly in Porto Alegre but then went into public health, mainly in the area of tuberculosis. A prolific writer, Scliar published over 100 books in Portuguese, covering various literary genres: short stories; novels; young adult fiction; children's books; and essays. In 1962, his first book Stories of a Doctor in Training was published, although later on he regretted having published it so young. His second book The Carnival of the Animals was published in 1968. In a recent autobiographical piece, Scliar discusses his membership of the Jewish, medical, Gaucho, and Brazilian tribes. His novel The Centaur in the Garden was included among the 100 Greatest Works of Modern Jewish Literature by The National Yiddish Book Center. In an interview with Judith Bolton-Fasman published in The Jewish Reader, August 2003, Scliar commented on his use of the centaur as a metaphor: 'The centaur is a symbol of the double identity, characteristic of Jews in a country like Brazil. At home, you speak Yiddish, eat gefilte fish, and celebrate Shabbat. But in the streets, you have soccer, samba, and Portuguese. After a while you feel like a centaur.'

Scliar, Moacyr. The Enigmatic Eye

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