--- title: "3 Brazilian Quotes By Adam Morris" description: "3 Brazilian quotes by Adam Morris. Plus more from Adam Morris and more Brazilian sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db0/adam-morris-29730_brazil_this-neglect-of-a-very-important-brazili_719863.jpg" --- > [This neglect of a very important Brazilian writer is, in my view, the result of Brazil's relative isolation from what metropolitan tastemakers.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-morris/this-neglect-of-a-very-important-brazilian-writer-is-in-my-view-the/) [Adam Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-morris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db0/adam-morris-29730_brazil_this-neglect-of-a-very-important-brazili_719863.jpg) > [Jorge Luis Borges had the soapbox and the authority to complain about this myopic understanding of the duty of Latin American writers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-morris/jorge-luis-borges-had-the-soapbox-and-the-authority-to-complain-about/) [Adam Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-morris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/036/adam-morris-29730_american-writer_jorge-luis-borges-had-the-soapbox-and-th_2419326.jpg) > [The Brazilian national identity is not one of João Gilberto Noll primary concerns. This does not mean social critique is absent: race,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-morris/the-brazilian-national-identity-is-not-one-of-jo-o-gilberto-noll/) [Adam Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-morris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b1/adam-morris-29730_being-true_the-brazilian-national-identity-is-not-o_2488725.jpg) ## Other authors on Brazilian ## More by Adam Morris > [Dreamlike sequencing is perhaps one of João Gilberto Noll's most remarkable triumphs in Quiet Creature on the Corner. I translated the novel and still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-morris/dreamlike-sequencing-is-perhaps-one-of-jo-o-gilberto-noll-s-most/) [Adam Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-morris/) > [Once I looked into it, I was taken aback to learn that pretty much nothing by João Gilberto Noll was available in English translation.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-morris/once-i-looked-into-it-i-was-taken-aback-to-learn-that-pretty-much/) [Adam Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-morris/) > [Unless you count the political backdrop, which in any case is a familiar one to many international readers, I don't think there's anything that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-morris/unless-you-count-the-political-backdrop-which-in-any-case-is-a/) [Adam Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-morris/) > [The fiction I've written and published is certainly inflected by the work of authors I was reading or translating at the time. One of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-morris/the-fiction-i-ve-written-and-published-is-certainly-inflected-by-the/) [Adam Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-morris/) > [English can be tricky because there are so many false cognates, but sometimes, as long the idea conveyed is not wrong, these false cognates…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-morris/english-can-be-tricky-because-there-are-so-many-false-cognates-but/) [Adam Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-morris/) > [This neglect of a very important Brazilian writer is, in my view, the result of Brazil's relative isolation from what metropolitan tastemakers. If João…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-morris/this-neglect-of-a-very-important-brazilian-writer-is-in-my-view-the/) [Adam Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-morris/) > [I only translate authors whose work already interests me as a reader, and that's a decision I make based on multiple encounters with an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-morris/i-only-translate-authors-whose-work-already-interests-me-as-a-reader/) [Adam Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-morris/) > [I am not one of those translators who think that working closely with the writer will yield the best translation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-morris/i-am-not-one-of-those-translators-who-think-that-working-closely-with/) [Adam Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-morris/) > [This makes his writing very pleasing to read: João Gilberto Noll pays attention to detail, but only to certain details. And it's never easy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-morris/this-makes-his-writing-very-pleasing-to-read-jo-o-gilberto-noll-pays/) [Adam Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-morris/) > [Jorge Luis Borges was lamenting a variety of Orientalism that was used to measure the alleged authenticity of Argentine and Latin American writers in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-morris/jorge-luis-borges-was-lamenting-a-variety-of-orientalism-that-was/) [Adam Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-morris/) > [With My Dog-Eyes by Hilda Hilst got more exposure and reached far more readers than I ever expected. Even my editor at Melville House,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-morris/with-my-dog-eyes-by-hilda-hilst-got-more-exposure-and-reached-far/) [Adam Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-morris/) > [The main reason I decided to study Latin American literature was because I'd gotten somewhat bored by the American fiction I was reading. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-morris/the-main-reason-i-decided-to-study-latin-american-literature-was/) [Adam Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-morris/) > [I have a few minor rules for myself but I break them all the time. For example, when translating from Romance languages to English,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-morris/i-have-a-few-minor-rules-for-myself-but-i-break-them-all-the-time-for/) [Adam Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-morris/) > [Jorge Luis Borges had the soapbox and the authority to complain about this myopic understanding of the duty of Latin American writers, which sometimes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-morris/jorge-luis-borges-had-the-soapbox-and-the-authority-to-complain-about/) [Adam Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-morris/) > [The Brazilian national identity is not one of João Gilberto Noll primary concerns. This does not mean social critique is absent: race, gender, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-morris/the-brazilian-national-identity-is-not-one-of-jo-o-gilberto-noll/) [Adam Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-morris/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brazilian/adam-morris/#itemlist", "name": "3 Brazilian Quotes By Adam Morris", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "This neglect of a very important Brazilian writer is, in my view, the result of Brazil's relative isolation from what metropolitan tastemakers. 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