As If by Magic

<p><b><i>Nothing is as it seems in the sinuous tales of Brazilian master Edgard Telles Ribeiro</i></b></p><p>A son embarks on a journey involving a disappearing suitcase, secret police, and a strange letter, while pursuing a father who appears to have fallen victim to Alzheimer’s disease. A man inherits a deserted island and is drawn into the mysterious, possibly deadly affairs of a strange couple on a sailboat. A gold miner in a remote Amazon outpost escapes from a murderous foreman by building an improbable machine. A writer chases the evasive opening sentence of his novel while locked down in his Rio de Janeiro apartment with his wife, until she usurps the narrative.</p><p>In the four tales that comprise <i>As If by Magic</i>, Edgard Telles Ribeiro invites us into labyrinthine worlds where what we perceive is only the beginning of the story.</p>