{"title":"Rodrigo de Souza Leão","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"me-roubaram-uns-dias-contados","title":"They stole a few days from me","description":"A multi-talented Rio de Janeiro native, writer, journalist, musician, and painter Rodrigo de Souza Leão died prematurely on July 2, 2009, at the age of 43, in a psychiatric clinic. Author of the novel \"Todos os cachorros são azul\" (All the dogs are blue)—a finalist for the 2009 Portugal Telecom Prize and which will be adapted for the stage—and the collection of poems \"Caga-regras,\" the writer lived with schizophrenia for over 20 years. This didn't stop him—quite the opposite—from producing intensely, especially in the virtual world: he was co-editor of the online magazine Zunái and authored a series of e-books and blogs. \"ME ROUBARAM SOME DAYS CONTADOS\" (They Stole Some Days from Me Counted) is the last substantial narrative written by Rodrigo de Souza Leão, which hits bookstores through Editora Record on the one-year anniversary of his death. The unpublished text, edited by poet and journalist Ramon Mello, curator of his work, is a novel that borders on autobiography, in which Rodrigo is simultaneously author and character in his own stories. But he skillfully ignores and extrapolates these limits in which the notion of reality is constantly expanding, producing a community of many protagonists. In \"ME ROUBARAM SOME DAYS CONTADOS,\" the polyphony of voices weaves bonds, more than just emotional ones, created by the characters. There is not just one Rodrigo; there are many, each distinct from the other. But among so many characters, the reader will surely spot similarities, and it is these similarities that make the book—his dizzying story—flow with the naturalness of a fairy tale, sometimes a detective novel, as explained by poet and friend Leonardo Gandolfi, who wrote the book's introduction. Humor, irony, and derision make the often harsh words flow spontaneously amid wry smiles. As the author unfolds into characters, this book unfolds into other books – which only makes sense if they are gathered within the same chaos: virtual sex, orgasm phones, electroshocks, CIA or KGB persecutions, films, music, paintings, poems and emotional shards... ME ROUBARAM SOME DAYS CONTADOS is a beautiful dive into the human condition; in particular, into the hard task of existing for a writer, who lives not only with his ghosts, but also with his remedies.","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47159433068796,"sku":"9788501090119","price":79.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/a991375d457592ca92a3072fc973caa7_f38fc732-dc25-4e39-b729-91cbed6ef41e.jpg?v=1778324034"},{"product_id":"o-esquizoide-coracao-na-boca","title":"The Schizoid: Heart in the Mouth","description":"Rodrigo de Souza Leão is unafraid to confront (with urgency and courage) his demons. On the contrary, he turns them into allies. Having died prematurely in July 2009, at the age of 43, in a psychiatric clinic, the Rio de Janeiro-born writer, journalist, musician, and painter lived with schizophrenia for over 20 years. This didn't stop him—quite the opposite—from producing intensely, especially in the virtual world, where he published a series of e-books and blogs. The rare lucidity and awareness of his own condition are evident in O esquizoide: Coração na boca (The Schizoid: Heart in the Mouth), a previously unpublished text by Rodrigo, edited by poet and journalist Ramon Mello, curator of his work. Starting with the title—a label the author insists on sticking and peeling from his own face. Written in 2003, the novel is now available in bookstores, fulfilling the author's own request to his friend and poet Silvana Guimarães (who wrote the book's introduction) that it be published only after his death. As is characteristic of all his work—as well as in \"Me roubaram uns dias contados,\" the author's last novel, published last year by Record—\"O esquizoide\" is, at the same time, completely fictional, but with a high dose of autobiography. A mix of diary, novel, story, testimony, fable, combining delirium and lucidity, melancholy and resistance, and solitude. Rodrigo reveals his condition, only to deny it. The author understood that, by embracing the stigmas surrounding his existence, he could deal with his limitations and, even, with the prejudice of the ignorant. Marked by his hospitalizations, the text directly dialogues with \"All the Dogs Are Blue,\" the author's debut novel, a finalist for the Portugal Telecom Award in 2009. Now adapted for the stage, conceived by Ramon Mello (who also stars in the play) and directed by Michel Bercovitch. With the expertise of someone who knew the intricacies of confinement during its limited days, Rodrigo shows in this book that it is reductionist to imprison him in a single word. The poet, who sings of his imprisonment to speak of freedom, warns that it is better to know him \"through his actions than through his schizophrenic singing.\" In a surprisingly simple and light narrative, despite all the weight it carries, Rodrigo offers a conscious—and even political—description of his schizophrenic condition and his role as a writer. He uses words as a weapon to face his own pain and, consequently, reduce the suffering of his peers, with a generosity that motivated him to expose himself completely and unarmed, and fight for the humanization of psychiatric treatment.","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47159472488700,"sku":"9788501094162","price":49.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/550fc744e7f433f316813eb3edb4ad18_a4287dff-e289-4786-b258-867e211c1bd2.jpg?v=1778319489"},{"product_id":"carbono-pautado","title":"Carbon-based","description":"\"Ruled Carbon\" tells the amusing story of a young man in his first job: a bank, quite bureaucratic, with negligent employees and, in the protagonist's eyes, possessing a certain madness. The novel, based on the life of the author, who died in 2009, was written when he began to show the first signs of schizophrenia, which would mark his literary production. Ramon Mello is coordinating the ongoing publishing project for his works.","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47176297251068,"sku":"9788501099303","price":69.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/a4418af42da2b107a69ab01cd64e62c4_a63d3773-85bc-42d7-a5e5-b9a8d7e56ae0.jpg?v=1778320631"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.record.com.br\/en\/collections\/rodrigo-de-souza-leao.oembed","provider":"Editora Record","version":"1.0","type":"link"}