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by José Henrique Bortoluci (Author)
Una proeza de la literatura brasileña actual, publicada en diez países con un éxito insólito y rotundo.
«Una luminosa historia social de Brasil, contada desde la perspectiva amorosa de un hijo académico que se enfrenta a la enfermedad de su padre trabajador .
João Moreira Salles
«Las palabras son carreteras. Con ellas conectamos los puntos entre el presente y un pasado al que ya no podemos acceder [...]. Las palabras eran el regalo que mi padre traía en el camión cuando yo era niño .
In What Is Mine, sociologist José Henrique Bortoluci uses interviews with his father, Didi, to retrace the recent history of Brazil and of his family. From the mid-1960s to the mid-2010s, Didi's work as a truck driver took him away from home for long stretches at a time as he crisscrossed the country and participated in huge infrastructure projects including the Trans-Amazonian Highway, a scheme spearheaded by the military dictatorship of the time, undertaken through brutal deforestation. An observer of history, Didi also recounts the toll his work has taken on his health, from a heart attack in middle age to the cancer that defines his retirement. Bortoluci weaves the history of a nation with that of a man, uncovering parallels between cancer and capitalism - both sustained by expansion, both embodiments of 'the gospel of growth at any cost' - and tracing the distance that class has placed between him and his father. Influenced by authors such as Annie Ernaux and Svetlana Alexievich, is a moving, thought-provoking and brilliantly constructed examination of the scars we carry, as people and as countries.
Author Biography
José Henrique Bortoluci nació en Jaú (Brasil), en 1984. Ha estudiado Relaciones Internacionales y cuenta con un máster en Historia Social de la Universidad de São Paulo, un segundo máster y un doctorado en Sociología de la Universidad de Michigan. Hoy en día, es profesor de sociología en la Fundação Getúlio Vargas en São Paulo. Sus conferencias e investigaciones se centran en la historia y los compromisos de la clase trabajadora.
