My mother killed herself without saying goodbye

APCA Award: Best Novel of 2010 Sitting at a table in a shopping mall pastry shop, the narrator, a writer approaching 80, watches life pass by and awaits death, while recalling events from his childhood—such as the suicide of his mother, a failed artist, drunk, and insane, but with whom he maintained a strong bond. The decrepit old man converses telepathically with other mall-goers and justifies his melancholic existence by writing nonstop on a book that may never be published. The first volume of a new trilogy by the author of the acclaimed Grogotó!, Araã!, and Catrâmbias!, MY MOTHER KILLED HERSELF WITHOUT SAYING GOODBYE is a surprising novel, as is the working method of writer Evandro Affonso Ferreira. For almost a year, Evandro spent four hours a day in a pastry shop in a São Paulo shopping mall. He didn't interview anyone, simply observing the behavior of passersby and imagining stories. He arrived at the final text right there, scribbling on several blocks, which he only later typed on the computer.