Lit in Translation

Lord

Lorde

João Gilberto Noll (born 1946)

Translated by Edgar Garbelotto

English editions

In English

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Tired of being an author and of his own seven books, a Brazilian writer accepts tickets and a room from a mysterious host and arrives in icy England. Settled in Hackney among immigrants, he roams streets, clinics and hotels, has fleeting encounters with strangers, and keeps asking why anyone abroad would pay to have him there. Swapping one loneliness for another, he slowly changes into someone else on a trip that becomes its own purpose.

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About the book

Form
Novel
Length
111 pages in the original
Genres
Migration (assigned by AI)
Set in
United Kingdom
First published
2004 by Francis
Author's age
58 when first published
ISBN

9788589362436 (original)

9781931883795 (Two Lines Press, United States)