Lit in Translation

Moacyr Scliar

Born 1937 · Brazil

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    Jabuti 2009 · Winner

    Manual da Paixão Solitária

    Title translated by AI:“Manual of Solitary Passion”

    Moacyr Scliar · 71 when first published

    Novel · 216 pages · Satire, Historical, Family

    AI-generated summary:Two feuding scholars at a Bible conference retell the Genesis story of Judah's family, he as its youngest son and she as the twice-widowed Tamar.

  • In English

    Jabuti 2000 · Winner

    The Woman Who Wrote the Bible

    A Mulher que Escreveu a Bíblia

    Moacyr Scliar · 62 when first published

    Novel · 168 pages · Historical, Satire

    AI-generated summary:Regression therapy persuades a modern Brazilian saleswoman that, in an earlier life three millennia back, she was the true author of the Bible's first draft.