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I had been looking for a long time for a vigorous and radical novel about the frivolity that some sectors of contemporary culture have become. Glitter shows with sarcasm and narrative force how the so-called “world of fashion'" approaches death. It's a book about people who think they're going to make history but are just shortening their parade towards the cemetery.
With Tom Wolfe, author of A Bongueira das Vanidades, Bruno Ribeiro learned the precise and surprising description. No detail is left out. The reader will also find the historical rigor, full of strong images, by Luchino Visconti and the raw observation of the perversions that made our Nelson Rodrigues one of the greatest writers of the last century. Quite original, Glitter has a refined and nuanced analysis of the conservative discourse that has gradually been ingrained in our reality and the tranquility with which it moves through the various genres.
Another strong mark of the book is the merciless tone of the narrative. Despite him, however, nothing is exaggerated: anyone who has been to a fashion show knows that everything is too much, especially the artificiality of the faces, the false and poorly disguised irreverence of everyone there and the death drive that dominates the show.
Glitter leaves the reader astonished, finally, because he brings it all together in a fluid, intelligent and very critical narrative. It's not easy to find a romance like that out there.
With Tom Wolfe, author of A Bongueira das Vanidades, Bruno Ribeiro learned the precise and surprising description. No detail is left out. The reader will also find the historical rigor, full of strong images, by Luchino Visconti and the raw observation of the perversions that made our Nelson Rodrigues one of the greatest writers of the last century. Quite original, Glitter has a refined and nuanced analysis of the conservative discourse that has gradually been ingrained in our reality and the tranquility with which it moves through the various genres.
Another strong mark of the book is the merciless tone of the narrative. Despite him, however, nothing is exaggerated: anyone who has been to a fashion show knows that everything is too much, especially the artificiality of the faces, the false and poorly disguised irreverence of everyone there and the death drive that dominates the show.
Glitter leaves the reader astonished, finally, because he brings it all together in a fluid, intelligent and very critical narrative. It's not easy to find a romance like that out there.