Fog

A novel recommended by Drummond and Jorge Amado. Adalgisa Nery's second novel, first published in 1972, features a woman who suffers a surgical complication and becomes bedridden and mute. Debilitated by these difficulties, this character is poetic and incisive in expressing her profound contempt for her own family, who try to exploit her condition. Here, we see Adalgisa's talent for longer narratives emerge in a truthful, thoughtful, and original text.