Lit in Translation

Rubens Figueiredo

Born 1956 · Brazil

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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    Jabuti 2011 · Shortlist

    Passageiro do Fim do Dia

    Title translated by AI:“Passenger at the End of the Day”

    Rubens Figueiredo · 54 when first published

    Novel · 200 pages · Politics

    AI-generated summary:Riding the bus to see his girlfriend in the Tirol, a run-down, violent district on the city's fringe, Pedro half-listens to the radio, reads, watches, and begins to see his world differently.

  • No English yet

    Jabuti 2002 · Winner

    Barco a Seco

    Title translated by AI:“Boat on Dry Land”

    Rubens Figueiredo · 45 when first published

    Novel · 192 pages

    AI-generated summary:A foundling who reinvents himself as an art authority devotes his career to a forgotten marine painter, and finds the man's story merging dangerously with his own.