{"title":"Claudio Lovato","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"em-campo-aberto","title":"In open field","description":"\"In the Open Field\" addresses the ups and downs of human relationships in a highly original way. Claudio Lovato Filho uses soccer as the backdrop for his new novel, which chronicles the intense relationship between father and son. All the feelings that emerge during a soccer match are explored by the author in this story of overcoming adversity. Arthur Dapieve recalls a passage that captures the essence of the book: \"Luis Fernando Verissimo once wrote that he loved soccer so much because, already 60 years old, the game was the only thing that could make him feel still 6.\" \"In the Open Field,\" by Cláudio Lovato Filho, explores the imaginary surrounding Brazil's most beloved sport. The writer from Rio Grande do Sul presents a novel that addresses human relationships and uses a soccer match as the backdrop. By uniting these two themes, he shows how sport can unite people and undo the knots that life creates. Through the relationship between father and son, the narrator weaves together the personal drama of each. The son, who doesn't even have a name or an identity, represents all the boys who carry dreams and family dramas and see in soccer the hope of transformation, because they project themselves into their idols. Through soccer, these relationships are transformed, even if silently. As in soccer, human relationships have ups and downs. The catharsis of the goal is a promise of happiness. \"(...) this boy and this father become pieces of the biography of all of us Brazilians. It is they\/we who experience the excitement provided not only by the decisive match but also by the not-always-perfect relationship between generations,\" writes journalist Arthur Dapieve, responsible for the book's back cover. Soccer is a very serious matter in Brazil. It is one of the only sports that unites generations around a purpose and is an inexhaustible source of authentic emotions. Dapieve recalls a passage that captures the effect of football on people well: \"Luis Fernando Verissimo once wrote that he loved football so much because, at 60 years old, the game was the only thing that could make him feel still 6.\" Claudio Lovato explores this involvement that football provides in this new book.","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47159596417276,"sku":"9788501092298","price":49.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/e3555004ed92811dafc5c2e21734328b.jpg?v=1778319838"},{"product_id":"o-batedor-de-faltas","title":"The free kick taker","description":"Cláudio Lovato Filho explores the entire imaginary world surrounding the game of soccer in the 17 short stories that comprise the book \"The Free Kick Taker.\" The ball boy, the goalkeeper, the stretcher-bearer, the lame striker, the old coach, the brothers, the father and son in the stands are some of the characters the author casts for a first-class match. The book's opening story is \"Archbills.\" In it, father and son discuss family matters in a stadium during the game. \"Night on the Loose\" tells the story of the intense tension a young defender experiences on the eve of his first championship final. Suffering from insomnia, he finds comfort only when he thinks of his grandfather and the soccer stories he used to tell him. In \"Work Instrument,\" a defender with limited technical resources specializes in the sliding tackle, with great pride. \"Acuados\" recounts the tense moments of a soccer team that defeated the home team and is trapped in the locker room under the furious threats of the fans. In the short story that gives the book its title, The Free Kick Taker, the author shows how football can represent an individual's greatest existential fulfillment.","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47176402501884,"sku":"9788501080165","price":49.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/85142111c377d12eee0a3a3c78b5f15e_cd700797-6371-4ac1-9cc7-8fd1256d6a03.jpg?v=1778323696"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.record.com.br\/en\/collections\/claudio-lovato.oembed","provider":"Editora Record","version":"1.0","type":"link"}