TÃtutulu Original: Wild buffalo
Translation: Mario Cámara
Year of publication: 2024
Wild buffalos It is a brief novel by Ana Paula Maia. Although you can, as I have done, read independently, it has continuity with other works by the Brazilian author.
The argument of Wild buffalos It is simple, almost schematic. There are a group of acquaintances who want to open a buffalo slaughterhouse. To do this, they will rent a land whose other half occupies a circus, apparently involved in the murder of one of their clown.
The prose of Wild buffalos It is extremely sober (dry, even; in the end, Maia’s phrases are brief and repeat the words uncomplexed if necessary), except for some occasional poetic vein. It can be somewhat tired during descriptions, but it works very well when transmitting several reflections on death.
Gives the feeling that to the characters of Wild buffalos They lack some cooking (although I understand that this sensation must be completely evaporated for those who have become familiar with them in their previous appearances). Something similar is your events that are used as context or backdrop in the work, such as the epidemic, or that Father Tomás has faced a demon before.
Source: https://unlibroaldia.blogspot.com/2025/07/ana-paula-maia-bufalos-salvajes.html
