What Is Mine
$25.38
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
23 July 2024
Summary
In What Is Mine, sociologist Jose 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 d…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781804270851 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1804270857 |
| Author: | José Henrique Bortoluci, Rahul Bery |
| Publisher: | Fitzcarraldo Editions |
| Imprint: | Fitzcarraldo Editions |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 23 July 2024 |
| Weight: | 214g |
| Dimensions: | 125mm x 197mm |
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Critics Review
‘A son’s journey, around father and country, subtle and complex, tender and brutal; an intimate work of rare beauty and power.’ - Philippe Sands, author of East West Street
‘What Is Mine is an unforgettable oral history of truck driving along the potholed roads carving up the Amazon rainforest: bandits, sleep deprivation, beef barbecued on the engine. It is also an incisive political critique of ecocidal ideas of “progress”, a powerful reflection on the ways labour shapes a human body, and a loving exploration of a relationship between a father and son. It already has the feel of a classic.’ - Caleb Klaces, author of Fatherhood
José Henrique Bortoluci
Rahul Bery is based in Cardiff, Wales and translates from Spanish and Portuguese to English. His published translations include novels by Vicente Luis Mora, Afonso Cruz, Simone Campos and David Trueba.
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