The tragedies of writers
When we look at the lives of all people, we always see dramas and tragedies. But in the lives of writers, they bring an imperative, which I highlight below.
Mota Uranian
Author of “Soledad in Recife,” a recreation of the last days of Soledad Barrett, wife of Cabo Anselmo, betrayed by the traitor to the dictatorship. He also wrote “The Renegade Son of God,” winner of the 2014 Guavira Literature Prize, and “The Longest Duration of Youth,” a novel about Brazil's rebellious generation.
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Soledad Barrett present on January 8th
The memory of the 1973 assassinations in Recife reaffirms the urgency of remembering, denouncing, and demanding justice for the crimes of the Brazilian dictatorship.
The film that heralded the 64 coup in Brazil.
Brazil can finally see the documentary that Brazilian journalists and researchers have wanted to see for many years.
About Dom Hélder Câmara on Rádio Jornal do Recife
He would pause in his speech, intervals whose sole purpose was to impress his thoughts upon our minds.
Memory of Affections: Culture and Revolution in Recife during the Time of Soledad Barrett Viedma
Mota doesn't intend to write history or journalism. He presents an account that defies easy classification, moving between documentary, testimonial, and memoir-like forms.
Mimeograph machine hidden in the room during the dictatorship.
(From the novel "The Longest Duration of Youth")
Bolsonaro's pro-Bolsonaro medical team
Medical team close to Bolsonaro raises the possibility of house arrest and exposes political and ideological ties in the former president's post-operative recovery.
I am subversive!
A literary testimony about militancy, suppressed desire, and the wounded memory of the revolutionary struggle in Brazil during the 1960s.
Journalist Cleide Alves comments on the novel: "The longest duration of youth"
The book is a hymn to our youth, to friendship, to revolutionary dreams, to love in all its forms and anxieties.
The paranoia of the fascist in prison
Sobs and crying in prison, instead of serving as an argument to soften the blow, only reveal his cowardice.
Love and betrayal between Soledad Barrett and Cabo Anselmo
A relationship marked by manipulation, political idealizations, and the tragedy that sealed Soledad's fate.
The poet Augusto dos Anjos and prostitution in Recife
A reading of Recife's nightlife reveals the clash between desire, guilt, and the city that shaped Augusto dos Anjos' visceral vision.