The Sermon of Saint Anthony to the Fish and Other Texts: 05 (Adamastor Book Series) - Tapa blanda

"Inspired by the ornate Baroque structures and acutely political insights of a great and egregiously overlooked Luso-Brazilian writer, Gregory Rabassa has never been more brilliant as a translator than he is here. The verbal wit and intricate conceptual play of Father Vieira's extraordinary texts are recreated here in pitch-perfect form, thus allowing their English reader to feel that she has come to know the real Antonio Vieira, a compelling Jesuit preacher, intellectual dynamo, and influential man of his age."--Earl Fitz, Vanderbilt University

Inspired by the ornate Baroque structures and acutely political insights of a great and egregiously overlooked Luso-Brazilian writer, Gregory Rabassa has never been more brilliant as a translator than he is here. The verbal wit and intricate conceptual play of Father Vieira s extraordinary texts are recreated here in pitch-perfect form, thus allowing their English reader to feel that she has come to know the real Antonio Vieira, a compelling Jesuit preacher, intellectual dynamo, and influential man of his age. Earl Fitz, Vanderbilt University"

-Inspired by the ornate Baroque structures and acutely political insights of a great and egregiously overlooked Luso-Brazilian writer, Gregory Rabassa has never been more brilliant as a translator than he is here. The verbal wit and intricate conceptual play of Father Vieira's extraordinary texts are recreated here in pitch-perfect form, thus allowing their English reader to feel that she has come to know the real Antonio Vieira, a compelling Jesuit preacher, intellectual dynamo, and influential man of his age.---Earl Fitz, Vanderbilt University

António Vieira's The Sermon of Saint Anthony to the Fish and Other Texts is the first collection of his writings to appear in English.