{"id":358702,"date":"2023-08-06T10:00:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-06T13:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/brazilian-author-marcelo-malufs-new-novel-released\/"},"modified":"2024-03-22T16:55:41","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T19:55:41","slug":"brazilian-author-marcelo-malufs-new-novel-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/brazilian-author-marcelo-malufs-new-novel-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazilian author Marcelo Maluf\u2019s new novel released"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Brazilian author Marcelo Maluf<\/strong> has released his new novel Os \u00faltimos dias de Elias Ghandour<\/em><\/strong> [loosely translated as The Final Days of Elias Ghandour]. The fears of Maluf himself are depicted in the book\u2019s main character, a successful merchant who approaching the end of his life reflects upon his unaccomplished projects.<\/p>\n

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Novel brings the musings of an Arab descendant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the book, Elias Ghandour, a Brazilian son of a Syrian father, takes a stage to recount his life story: At an early age he inherited his father\u2019s fabric store on Rua 25 de Mar\u00e7o in S\u00e3o Paulo. The entrepreneur not only administers the estate but becomes successful in the business and expands his store Lojas Ghandour until he becomes the leading merchant on the street.<\/p>\n

At 80 years old, however, Ghandour decides to leave the store to his son, moves to small town Joan\u00f3polis, where he reflects upon his life. But Ghandour can\u2019t stop thinking about the life experiences he wished he had lived but didn\u2019t: He wishes he had studied theater, worked in the art world, but all roads led him to trade. He married without wanting to do so, had a Lebanese male lover, who he eventually lost to the war.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe idea for the book came when I was contemplating reaching the age of 80 without having achieved anything I wished and becoming frustrated. So I created the character of Elias Ghandour, frustrated at the age of 80, going to live by himself in a ranch,\u201d said Maluf. Author of children\u2019s books like Jorge do P\u00e2ntano que Fica Logo Ali<\/em> and short story collections like Esquece Tudo Agora<\/em>, Maluf has also authored the novel A imensid\u00e3o \u00cdntima dos Carneiros<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Throughout the novel secrets come to light, and Ghandour\u2019s Arab origin acquires other elements beyond his reflection upon his own past. Then comes the time for the world-weary merchant to take control of his own destiny. \u201cThe entire book is narrated upon a stage as if he was talking to theatergoers, to an audience. That\u2019s a gift I give Ghandour in the book, his last moment upon the stage,\u201d said the author.<\/p>\n

Quick facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Os \u00faltimos dias de Elias Ghandour<\/em>
\nMarcelo Maluf
\n208 pp.
\nEditora Faria e Silva<\/p>\n

Translation by Guilherme Miranda <\/strong><\/p>\n

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