subject: Fantastic Literature: The Time Of Wonder [print this page] They are not afraid of ghostsThey are not afraid of ghosts. And, if so, do not hesitate to write about them - or about vampires, witches, aliens and even bodies of folklore pampas
Copies are heroic but more and more numerous than a generation of writers who want to break the prejudice against gender literature produced in the state. A class - because they are not a movement - not just interested in being a "scene", but in reaching the public.
After Harry Potter and Twilight expanded over the last decade and a half to reach for millions of fantastic literature, this type of narrative is also popular in Brazil - even calling attention to authors who were already there long before, as the Sao Paulo Andre Vianco, champion domestic sales with vampire stories and essays years before Twilight.
- For publications arising fantasy, it takes a generation of editors who grew up reading fantasy. Each generation has the potential to form the next, even bigger. The epic fantasy came later to Brazil. There were a few publishers in the 80 and 90, which encouraged new publishers who are now publishing their own works. I guess Harry Potter generation will increase further this phenomenon - says Christopher Kastensmidt, American living in Porto Alegre and knowledgeable of both markets, there and here.
In Rio Grande do Sul, recent years have seen the emergence of literature anthologies focused on gender. The series of Pulp Fiction, Not the Press, organized by Samir Machado Machado and now in its fourth edition, is one. The Sagas of the Argonauts Publisher, founded by Cesar Alcazar also writers and Dudley Hawk, are in the second volume. Both tales feature local and national authors, offering a comprehensive overview of genre fiction in Brazil. These are experiences that can help break the major barrier between the authors and the public - raised primarily by distribution problems and traditional literary publishing market.
- The new publishers use their intelligence to fill the vacuum left by the great. They are spaces that were once occupied by famous writers who sold much fantastic literature, as Borges and Cortzar. In the absence of major new, publishers end up settling for reissues. That's where the small, casting little-known authors with unpublished tales for food lovers of the genre of news - says Cleo de Oliveira, author of Descontgio (Scortecci Editor) - book in which some stories are worth the fantastic resource.
The strands of fantasy in the state ranging from young essays and articles writers who create stories using the recurring themes in the current international fiction genre, such as vampires, immortal beings or angels, the authors draw on the national reality and themes of folklore to create his narrative. Kastensmidt was recently nominated for Nebula, one of the most important international awards dedicated to fantasy literature, telling a meeting of a Dutch adventurer with SacI Perer in 17th century Brazil. Another author who uses the matrix place to tell their stories is Saueressig Simone, born in Campo Bom but now residing in New Hamburg. His recently released Aurum Domini: Gold in Missions (Arts & Crafts), is a historical adventure past the 19th century that explores the fabled fortune in gold supposedly stored by the Jesuits in the missions.
- I have confidence in the value of our own material, our folklore, our history. Our legends are as rich as a material for making any other literature. I always have that notion that a foreign book is full of notions of morality, honor, country or political stance of the segment in which it was written. So I think we have national authors to present our vision, too, as sort of response - says Simone.
