ABSTRACT
This chapter examines Deus-dara in relation to apocalyptic literature through the lens of Jacques Derrida, and looks at specific instances within the novel that work toward the undoing of racialized oppression within the Lusophone world. Deus-dara is the apocalypse according to seven young adults in Rio de Janeiro, told through the eyes of the narrator, who adopts a role akin to that of a biblical prophet in the structure of the novel. As important to Alexandra Lucas Coelho’s depiction of Rio as the physical landscape of the city is the voice of her narrator, whose mysterious and omniscient presence reveals itself progressively throughout the narrative. While the inclusions of the essays and photographs were done with a kind of grace in order to weave the historical information into the novel seamlessly, ‘Salve Orion’ has the exact opposite effect on the story.
