Letters from Rio

Letters from Rio flirts with the many meanings of the word love, but mainly about possible love. Roberto Saturnino Braga's epistolary novel describes with surprising boldness everything one thinks about the most complex of feelings. The author unveils the routine of a marriage, as if opening the black box of romantic relationships, courageously exposing the joy and the hardships of being with another. "Cartas do Rio" is a delve into the diaries of a marriage, with a truth greater than one can admit in front of the mirror. Braga unveils the silent feelings that accumulate between the sheets. The truth of affection; all the unspeakable aspects of life as a couple. The redemption through sex, the joy, the delight, the breath of life that love gives. The guilt, the difficult management of lust, desire, and libido. Whom do we truly betray when we cheat? The love and security that marriage confers, the trust and partnership. But also the invisibility, easily established amidst routine.