Literature in Translation Book Group

Literature in Translation Book Group with Maritza

Discusses The Words That Remain by Stênio Gardel, translated Bruna Dantas Lobato

Led by Greenlight bookseller Maritza, our Literature in Translation Book Group meets monthly to discuss books from around the world, with a particular focus on marginalized voices and indie presses.

For September, the group returns with The Words That Remain by Brazilian author Stênio Gardel, translated from the Portuguese by Bruna Dantas Lobato. Winner of the National Book Award for Translated Literature, The Words That Remain is a sweeping novel of repression, violence, and shame, along with their flip sides: survival, endurance, and the ultimate triumph of an unforgettable figure on society’s margins. Exploring Brazil’s little-known hinterland as well its urban haunts, Gardel examines the universal power of the written word and language, and how they affect all our relationships.