Raduan Nassar was born on 27th November 1935, in the interior of the state of Sao Paulo, into a Lebanese immigrant family. After a time in Sao Paulo itself and the publication of two highly acclaimed works, he retired to the rural interior and now divides his time between the city and interior. Although not secretive like Pynchon or Salinger, after publishing his select body of work he has become an acclaimed and rarely sighted cult figure, especially because his work merits the highest praise.
One of the highest points of the Portuguese language of our time -- Folha de S. Paulo Raduan Nassar has created one of the most rare and incandescent books in contemporary Brazilian literature -- Leo Gilson Ribeiro Jornal da Tarde These are 70 pages full of wonderfully fiery and shrieking prose, to be quaffed off, hot, in one deep draught Frankfurter Rundschau A diagram of exciting prose about a loving relationship in his verbal outburst - a great book -- Peter Henning Die Weltwoche