by Moacyr Scliar · Circulo De Lectores · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788422621270
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«El centauro en el jardín» is the fantasy novel by Moacyr Scliar, published by Círculo de Lectores in paperback (223 pages, in Spanish).
Set in Brazil of countless human mixtures, it tells the story of Guedali, a centaur born into a Jewish family that fled the Russian pogroms. Raised between the affection and shame of his own, he grows up trotting around the farm, playing the violin, and seeking in the Bible, Marx or Freud an explanation for his strange nature. His struggle to find his place in the world and his relationship with a similar being lead him to question difference and self-acceptance.
Work by Brazilian writer Moacyr Scliar, whose original title is «O centauro no jardim», originally published in 1980. This Spanish edition is from 1986, translated by Mirian Lopes Moura.
For readers of Brazilian fiction, magical realism and contemporary fables that address identity and diversity.
Moacyr Jaime Scliar was a Brazilian writer and physician. Most of his writing centers on issues of Jewish identity in the Diaspora and particularly on being Jewish in Brazil.
