Diary of the Brazilian Catastrophe: Year II

Ricardo Lísias returns in Diary of the Brazilian Catastrophe: Year II highlighting the project of genocide and denialism that made Brazil a record holder for deaths in the Covid-19 pandemic.

If, in Diary of the Brazilian Catastrophe: Year I , Ricardo Lísias shows how Brazil witnessed the destruction of its image abroad with political isolation, environmental disasters and the absurd statements of the Bolsonaro (mis)government at the beginning, in this Year II the author highlights how the country became synonymous with death, with the effective fulfillment of the grim campaign promises made by the President of the Republic.

In an inspiring summary of 2020, Ricardo Lísias shows how a catastrophe was brewing in Brazil: the spread of a contagious and lethal virus offered the president the opportunity for a genocide—calmly and organizedly prepared, in broad daylight, and without any effective opposition. The federal government's careful negligence in handling the pandemic actually follows the plan its leader announced during the 2018 campaign.

Although anchored in current events, this Diary is no mere passing thought: blurring the lines between literary genres, pushing the boundaries that establish the artificial distinction between art and reality, Lísias takes another step forward in his radical work, which is openly focused on addressing the most pressing problems facing Brazilian society. With his usual careful writing, there is no compromise here, and the name of the worst candidate in Brazilian electoral history, sadly elected, is replaced by its direct counterpart: Death.

The second year of the diary of one of the most acclaimed writers in contemporary literature is a painful book, sometimes violent and sometimes tragic, but necessary.