Piaimã the Giant

<p>“Ogoró! ogoró! ogoró!” A shape-shifting demigod visits an industrializing São Paulo, bathes in enchanted water, and meets a cannibal giant. “Piaimã the Giant” is an excerpt from a forthcoming translation of <em>Macunaíma</em> (New Directions, 2023) by Katrina Dodson.</p>