{"product_id":"cavala","title":"Mackerel","description":"There's an old adage that literature isn't made with good feelings. This is true in CAVALA, Sergio Tavares' debut novel, winner of the 2009 SESC Prize in the short story category. It's not that the characters created by the author are evil; however, overcome by deviations, complexes, and sexual compulsions, they commit violent acts—while simultaneously seeking a kind of refuge in love, memories, or pain. With the confidence and mastery of a veteran, the 31-year-old journalist managed to outperform the other 56 pre-selected candidates in the category, in the most competitive edition of the award since its inception in 2003—there were 667 entries, 210 more than last year. In this collection of four long stories, situated on the threshold between madness and sex, the power of Sérgio Tavares's chosen and ordered words transport the reader to another dimension, as journalist Ubiratan Brasil observes in the book's blurb: \"If it were a boxing match, it would be a sequence of blows delivered to the liver and stomach until reaching the chin.\" It was from his professional experience—in reports and interviews—that the author drew inspiration to compose the plots and characters of these four dense narratives. \"I found in those real people, copies, simulacra, fictional versions of beings who suffered from the same affliction,\" he reveals. Told in the first person, the stories lead the reader through situations where the real and the unreal balance on a fine line. This is the case with the first story, which lends its title to the book, starring a young model, bulimic and experiencing a psychotic episode: \"It sounds so real that it disconcerts us,\" describes writer Heloísa Seixas. “In this and other stories, Tavares’ narrative has a strange, cruel beauty that sweeps us away like a flood.”","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47176295448828,"sku":"9788501090966","price":24.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/3788b62af8af5d1c132b2f1b4dcd49b4_b5de705d-57d1-47e5-864d-4efb95619387.jpg?v=1781755352","url":"https:\/\/www.record.com.br\/en\/products\/cavala","provider":"Editora Record","version":"1.0","type":"link"}