A Night in the Tavern

<p><em style=color: rgba(58 58 58 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>A Night at the Tavern</em><span style=color: rgba(58 58 58 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> (</span><em style=color: rgba(58 58 58 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Noite na Taverna</em><span style=color: rgba(58 58 58 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>) is a groundbreaking work of Gothic fiction by Álvares de Azevedo (1831-1852) one of the most enigmatic voices of Brazilian Romanticism. Presented here for the first time in English this literary landmark showcases Azevedo's daring fusion of horror melancholic lyricism and philosophical provocation. Written when the author was still in his teens the book is structured as a decadent frame narrative in which five friends-gathered in a shadowy tavern-recount macabre and transgressive tales of love violence and existential despair.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(58 58 58 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Azevedo's prose pushes the boundaries of 19th-century literature in Brazil blending Romantic excess with Gothic imagination and an irreverent tone that shocked his contemporaries. Once dismissed by critics </span><em style=color: rgba(58 58 58 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>A Night at the Tavern</em><span style=color: rgba(58 58 58 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> is now recognized as a precursor to Modernism in Latin America and a foundational work in the development of dark fiction in the region. Its stylistic hybridity psychological complexity and rejection of moral convention mark it as one of the most audacious works of its time.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(58 58 58 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>This translation by Maurício Búrigo offers students scholars and general readers a compelling entry point into Brazil's literary past-and one of its most intriguing and haunting voices.</span></p><p></p>