Lord

As Lord begins, a Brazilian author is arriving at London's Heathrow airport for reasons he doesn't fully understand. Only aware that he has been invited to take part in a mysterious mission, the Brazilian starts to churn with anxiety. Torn between returning home and continuing boldly forward, he becomes absorbed by fears: What if the Englishman who invited him here proves malign? Maybe he won't show up? Or maybe he'll leave the Brazilian lost and adrift in London, with no money or place to stay? Ever more confused and enmeshed in a reality of his own making, the Brazilian wanders more and more through London's immigrant Hackney neighborhood, losing his memory, adopting strange behaviors, experiencing surreal sexual encounters, and developing a powerful fear of ever seeing himself reflected in a mirror.

A novel about the unsettling space between identities, and a disturbing portrait of dementia from the inside out, Lord constructs an altogether original story out of the ways we search for new versions of ourselves. With jaw-dropping scenes and sensual, at times grotesque images, renowned Brazilian author Jo o Gilberto Noll grants us stunning new visions of our own personalities and the profound transformations that overtake us throughout life.

Author: João Gilberto Noll
Publisher: Two Lines Press
Published: 02/12/2019
Pages: 120
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.00h x 4.50w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781931883795
ISBN10: 1931883793
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Psychological
- Fiction | Fantasy | Urban

About the Author
João Gilberto Noll is the author of nearly 20 books. His work has appeared in Brazil's leading periodicals, and he has been a guest of the Rockefeller Foundation, King's College London, and the University of California at Berkeley, as well as a Guggenheim Fellow. A five-time recipient of the Prêmio Jabuti, and the recipient of over 10 awards in all, he lives in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Edgar Garbelotto is a writer and translator whose translations have appeared in venues including Asymptote.