{"product_id":"multipla-escolha","title":"Multiple choice","description":"\"Since we rarely fulfill these mandates, we're already overcome by the feeling that something is wrong with us when we wake up in the morning: doubt and frustration. We are harsh critics of our own actions. In the effort to accomplish tasks that may not even concern us, we fear looking around and realizing that so much has gone wrong. If we fail, who will apologize, accept us, where will we fit in this universe of the successful, the rich, and the beautiful? Because mistakes and failures are not allowed in this perfect environment. It's hard to say, 'I loved wrongly, I ignored my children, I failed my partner, I voted wrongly, I failed in my career, I didn't help my friend, I abandoned my elderly parents, and I forgot my dreams.'\" With a 30-year literary career and a repertoire of 20 published books, Lya Luft—Brazil's biggest publishing phenomenon in recent years, with thousands of readers won over by *Perdas \u0026amp; Ganhes*, which had rights sold to several countries and remained on the bestseller lists for over 80 consecutive weeks—returns to the scene with an essay that reflects on the paths of our time. Paths and directions that, in their multiplicity, indicate not only distinct landscapes, but, above all, choices. In *MÚLTIPLA ESCOLHA*, Lya inquires, debates, and transgresses with the fervor of someone who rejects mediocrity and chooses life. As if on a stage, surrounded by symbolic doors, the complex contemporary world before her, the author summons her \"tribe\" for the necessary ritual of reflection. The focus is on fundamental issues such as aging and youth, the new dilemmas and taboos of sexuality, virtual communication, the boundaries between private and public, drugs, violence, kindness and perversity, and social unrest: key elements of our daily routine. She discusses these \"modern myths\" we create to become masters of our will, which she ponders in an open dialogue with the reader. \"I like this more direct way of speaking to my reader about, deep down, parts of the human existential drama, and some of the madness of our society, our culture. About swimming against the current to avoid being shipwrecked in the herd spirit of our times. In short, this type of essay, in the most original sense of the word, 'rehearsing—discussing a topic,' is another way of expressing myself. It's that simple,\" Lya argues. Lya also refutes the supposed freedom we have achieved. Far from a free society, we are, in our imposing culture so full of obligations, prisoners suffering from what the author calls the \"have to\" syndrome. \"The 'have to' is a very cruel slave driver. Having to be thin, beautiful, intelligent, strong, rich, blah blah blah. I, always out of line, am struck by the cruelty of the physical 'have to be.' I think we value ourselves too little as thinking human beings.\" From the search for eternal youth to ethics in politics, including family transformations, Lya Luft shows how entangled we are in oppressive practices and that it is important to take control of our lives and the path of our society and culture.","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47175421985020,"sku":"9788501089526","price":64.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/821eb78aeee2ad35794f5c6a70a5ff9e.jpg?v=1778322352","url":"https:\/\/www.record.com.br\/en\/products\/multipla-escolha","provider":"Editora Record","version":"1.0","type":"link"}