{"title":"Carla Madeira","description":"\u003cp\u003eCarla Madeira nasceu em Belo Horizonte em 1964. Largou um curso de matemática e se formou em jornalismo e publicidade. Foi professora de redação publicitária na Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais e é sócia e diretora de criação da agência de comunicação Lápis Raro. Em 2014, lançou seu primeiro romance, \u003cem\u003eTudo é rio\u003c\/em\u003e, um sucesso editorial, recebido com entusiasmo pelo público e pela crítica. Em 2018, lançou seu segundo romance, \u003cem\u003eA natureza da mordida\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"tudo-e-rio","title":"Everything is river","description":"\"\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEverything is a river\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eis Carla Madeira's debut book.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a mature, precise, and at the same time delicate and poetic narrative, the novel tells the story of the couple Dalva and Venâncio, whose lives are transformed after a tragic loss, the result of the husband's unhealthy jealousy, and Lucy, the most depraved and sought-after prostitute in the city, who gets in their way, forming a love triangle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eOn the book's blurb, Martha Medeiros writes: \" \u003cem\u003eEverything is a River\u003c\/em\u003e is a masterpiece, and I'm not exaggerating. It's one of those books that, upon finishing, makes you want to start again, right away, this time to linger over each line, savor each sentence, and let yourself be embraced by the poetry of the prose. On a first reading, this slower pace is almost impossible, as the current of events carries us to the last page without giving us a chance to breathe. You have to stay afloat or you'll drown.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e The metaphor of the river is revealed through the narrative that flows – sometimes intense, sometimes more gentle – uninterruptedly, but also through sweat, saliva, blood, tears, semen, and Carla does this without being appealing, without cheap sentimentality, with the skill that only the best writers possess.\u003c\/p\u003e \"","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47159328080124,"sku":"9786555871784","price":69.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/4a542ee5dc788470a2e5c3709867fa33.jpg?v=1777631293"},{"product_id":"a-natureza-da-mordida","title":"The nature of the bite","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAfter the captivating \u003cem\u003eTudo é rio\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eVéspera\u003c\/em\u003e , Carla Madeira resumes her deep interest in human conflicts in \u003cem\u003eA natureza da morde.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e\"What do you no longer have that makes you so sad?\" It's with this question that Biá, a retired psychoanalyst with a passion for literature, approaches the young journalist Olívia for the first time when she finds her sitting at a table in a makeshift secondhand bookstore. The unexpected provocation, coming from a stranger who can listen \"like someone who embraces,\" triggers a succession of encounters, marked by growing intimacy and which gradually reveal the two women's stories. \"Our friendship began like that, while we were drowning,\" Olívia recounts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eWith alternating voices, Olívia's objective, descriptive, and linear narrative force contrasts with Biá's scattered notes, whose fragments of an already flawed and unreliable memory lead to a turning point in the plot that will reveal to the reader events that marked their pasts, highlighting the parallels between the different forms of abandonment suffered (and perpetrated) by the two friends. By meeting Olívia, the reader is prepared to understand Biá and, ultimately, reflect on the question: what would we do in her place?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e As in the author's other novels, the characters seem to leap from the page to confront the reader with universal questions, including the unconditionality of love, the power of desire, guilt and forgetting, memory and its inscrutable dynamic with forgiveness. It is also a book about friendship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eWith a unique, powerful and engaging narrative, Carla Madeira reaffirms herself in \u003cem\u003eA natureza da morde\u003c\/em\u003e as one of the greatest names in contemporary national literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47159328899324,"sku":"9786555872231","price":69.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/5e56c20cce17a02ce9bf17cc79764a8f_ff58207a-a7f8-4f4d-b6e1-4852255f278e.jpg?v=1777618864"},{"product_id":"vespera","title":"Eve","description":"\"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eThe new novel by the author of the phenomenon \u003cem\u003eTudo é rio, Véspera\u003c\/em\u003e revisits Carla Madeira's brilliant and captivating writing, which awakens all kinds of emotions in the reader.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Carla Madeira creates characters who seem to be alive before us. Their emotions are palpable, and their reactions are authentic. We feel as if we know them intimately, including their contradictions and blind spots. This virtue is evident in her highly successful debut book, \u003cem\u003e\"Tudo é rio\"\u003c\/em\u003e (2014), but also in her follow-up, \u003cem\u003e\"A natureza da morde\"\u003c\/em\u003e (2018).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eThe characters in \u003cem\u003eVéspera\u003c\/em\u003e , her new novel, possess the same incredible life force. But if in \u003cem\u003eTudo é rio\u003c\/em\u003e Carla created them with few brushstrokes and incisive lines, here, to delineate their personalities, she opts for a superimposition of psychological layers. If before, they were characterized by drastic temperaments—capable of extremes of passion, jealousy, hatred, and forgiveness—here the gradual compositional strategy imbues them with a greater dose of mystery, suggesting to the reader anticipations that are only gradually confirmed, or not. The emotional force remains present, but is less visible, which makes the atmosphere even more charged with suspense and tension.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eThe narrative begins with the question: how does one reach the extreme? Vedina, a woman torn apart by a loveless marriage, abandons her son in a moment of despair and, immediately regretting it, returns to the place where she left him, finding no trace of him. This is the central event in the plot, which exposes the inner workings of a family—an alcoholic father, a controlling mother, twin brothers strained by their differences—which, like so many other families, becomes a place where the uniqueness of each individual is not embraced, creating cracks through which violence infiltrates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Told in two time periods—the day of abandonment and the days that preceded it—the novel advances like two waves until they collide and illuminate each other. The reader finds themselves faced with a stunning present that exposes how words are capable of inventing truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eTime floats invisibly and in a thick present. Nothing rots without it. Nothing blooms. Nothing becomes kind. No hatred thrives. No moisture dries. No thirst quenches. Storms do not disturb its winds, avalanches cannot bury it, perplexity does not paralyze it, evil does not threaten it, and good does not make it linger. 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Under the often indirect but penetrating light of fiction, the individual, social, political, and existential questions of this historical period resurface here thanks to the talents of Alberto Mussa, Nélida Piñon, Francisco Azevedo, Antônio Torres, Carla Madeira, Nei Lopes, Claudia Lage, and Cristovão Tezza.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eIn this grand sweep of Brazil's recent history, some important themes stand out: the now traditional violence of our cities, with a touch of the supernatural; the role of women in society; the opposition between dictatorship and counterculture, in Brazil and around the world; the reach of the military regime in the country's backlands; the awakening of youth during the period of redemocratization; the strength of popular culture on the eve of the digital revolution; the everyday pressures of the contemporary world; and, finally, the return of the far right to power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eOpen Time: Eight Decades in Eight Stories by Great Brazilian Authors\u003c\/em\u003e , organized in celebration of Editora Record's 80th anniversary, is a wonderful opportunity to explore the country's history through literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47174501990652,"sku":"9786555875584","price":54.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/143f99b57d79e10d3f17526fedff8ff7_2fd57612-96a6-4d8a-a8f2-f603b19987b4.jpg?v=1777627152"},{"product_id":"box-carla-madeira-obra-reunida","title":"Carla Madeira Box - Collected Works","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eCarla Madeira's three bestsellers— \u003cem\u003eEverything is a River, The Nature of the Bite\u003c\/em\u003e , and \u003cem\u003eEve\u003c\/em\u003e —are together for the first time in a deluxe box set. 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In addition, Madeira has earned critical acclaim, as evidenced by the previously unpublished forewords included in these new editions, written by leading figures from the literary and academic world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the first release of \u003cem\u003eTudo é rio\u003c\/em\u003e , its three novels are collected in a luxury hard box. In this new graphic design, by award-winning designer Flávia Castanheira, all books feature hardcovers, three-sided paintings, and images by English artist Jess Allen. 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With alternating voices, the strength of Olívia's objective, descriptive, and linear discourse contrasts with Biá's scattered notes, whose fragments of an already flawed and unreliable memory lead to a turning point in the plot that will reveal the events that shaped each of their pasts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Foreword by Luiz Antonio de Assis Brasil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eEve\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e(264 pages)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eDevastated by a loveless marriage, Vedina, in a moment of loss of control, abandons her son on the street. Immediately regretful, upon returning to the place where she left him, he is no longer there. From this initial trauma, the narrative shows us the lives of twins Cain and Abel, as well as those of Vedina and Veneza, marked by fate and separation. 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