Ana Laura Malmaceda

Sep 26, 2023 | wordswithoutborders.org | Ana Laura Malmaceda |Preti Taneja |Tobias Carroll |Alexander Aguayo

“I still have faith in literature,” Bahian writer and geographer Itamar Vieira Junior tells me in a gentle tone, as if the affirmation could help nurture his belief. He is describing the challenges of crafting words in a milieu of well-fed authors who by default foment a “nihilist perspective of life.” His first novel, Crooked Plow, has netted an unparalleled number of readers, making him a conspicuous phenomenon in contemporary Brazilian literature.