A reader's wounds

"If I deliver them here to the reader, it is also to share with them the pain that literature always produces in me." After winning the Jabuti Prize with Ribamar, José Castello presents *As Hungrian de Um Leite*, a classic collection of critical texts published in the press. With this publication, readers will witness the author's excellent analytical technique and his literary preferences. In the end, one thing is certain: literature is much more complex and entertaining than one might imagine. The title was chosen because of Castello's approach to his critical work. The "wounds" refer to the marks, scars, and blows that various readings leave in him. According to the author himself, he does not engage in theoretical reading. He writes about a book not to apply theories, but as someone who traveled to a distant continent and, upon returning, wrote an account of his personal observations about the trip. This is the central idea that permeates and connects the entire book. It is also a record of his journalistic work in the pages of Globo, Valor Econômico, Bravo, Rascunho, among others. Castello delights in working with literary journalism – a type of journalism that focuses on thoughts more than facts.