Esfinge: Um romance neo-gótico do Brasil (Texts and Translations)

by Henrique Maximiano Coelho Neto, M. Elizabeth Ginway, and Jess Nevins

Kim F. Olson (Editor)

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A work of supernatural fantasy that questions gender divisions.

At his boardinghouse in Rio de Janeiro, the Englishman James Marian is seen as handsome but eccentric. Then another boarder learns Marian's secret: a fusion of a female head and a male body, Marian is the creation of a surgeon with occult powers. Despite his wealth and mysterious abilities, Marian is unable to live fully as either a man or a woman, traveling the world in order to repress his sexual desire and withdraw from society.

Sphinx (Esfinge) explores the binaries of science and magic, body and spirit,...Read more
  • ISBN13 9781603296212
  • Publish Date 30 September 2023
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Modern Language Association of America
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 262
  • Language Portuguese