Patrícia Melo

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Patrícia Melo
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Brazilian author
Born1962
São Paulo, Brazil
OccupationWriter and author

Patrícia Melo (born 1962 in São Paulo)[1] is a Brazilian author. She has written The Killer and In Praise of Lies, among others.[2] Her works have dealt with sex and violence in a heavily urbanized setting.[3][4]

Books published[]

Year Title Publisher
1994 Companhia das Letras/
1995 The Killer - Companhia das Letras/Companhia de Bolso/Rocco
1998 In Praise of Lies - Companhia das Letras/Rocco
2000 Companhia das Letras/Rocco
2003 Companhia das Letras/Rocco
2006 Companhia das Letras/Rocco
2008 Companhia das Letras/Rocco
2010 Rocco
2011 Rocco
2014 Fogo-fátuo Rocco

Filmography[]

  • (1998) - screenwriter of the segment "Cachorro!"
  • (2001) - screenwriter
  • O Xangô de Baker Street (2001) - screenwriter
  • O Homem do Ano (2003) - based on her bookO Matador

References[]

  1. ^ Efraín Kristal, The Cambridge Companion to the Latin American Novel, p. 118.
  2. ^ Staff of The New York Times, The New York Times Book Reviews 2000, p. 98.
  3. ^ Raymond L. Williams, The Columbia Guide to the Latin American Novel since 1945, Columbia University Press, 2007, p. 348.
  4. ^ Anne Lambright, Elisabeth Guerrero, Unfolding the City: Women Write the City in Latin America, University of Minnesota Press, p. xxi.
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