This masterpiece of pre-punk aesthetics critiques the hypocrisy and consumerism of modern culture while spoofing the "typical" maladjusted family
He is the author of three novels as well as books on Jean Genet (translated as The Last Genet: A Writer in Revolt) and Marcel Duchamp
How far can a man be driven by the grief and despair surrounding the death of his child
While lying on a beach in Greece with an accommodating female companion
The Poor aphorisms This masterpiece of pre-punk aestheticsThe Poor (Os Pobres, 1906), by Portuguese author Raul Brando, is a powerful tribute to the underclasses. Inno vative thematically and stylistically, the novel consists of loosely connected vignettes on two narrative levels: the lives of prostitutes, where the inexorable need for love is transformed into a means for survival; and the life of Gebo, a seemingly slovenly man, with neither sentiment nor intelligence. The Poor (Os Pobres, 1906), by