Scent of Love
By Edla Van SteenTranslated By David S. George
ISBN: 1-891270-12-5
Price: $13.95
Pages: 110
"A fine collection of two imaginative stories and a prizewinning title 'novelette' from the Brazilian actress, cabaret singer, and... author of such lively fiction as Early Mourning (1997) and A Bag of Stories (1991). 'Scent of Love', a newswoman's reconstruction of the life of an impulsive woman revolutionary, deftly evokes the interrelatedness and complexity of sexual attraction, political allegiance and moral relativism. It's a terrifice piece of work."
--Kirkus Reviews
"The fourth of Van Steen's works to be published in English, this collection richly demonstrates the variety of distinct voices and narrative styles that have distinguished the author as a literary name in Brazil."
--Publishers Weekly
"Van Steen has won numerous prizes, including the Nestle Award for Literature, one of Brazil's highest literary achievements, for this collection of two stories and a novella... [T]he title piece comprise[s] a panoramic mosaic of one woman's experiences set against a complex backdrop of politics; the perplexing process of agin; the vagaries of the artistic movement, and love both heteroxexual and homoerotic. Along with the two stories, this is an important addition to Latin American literature in translation."
--Booklist