There has never been so much end as now

Evandro Affonso offers the reader the opportunity to confront the invisible misery that inhabits the souls and daily lives of our cities. Victims of abandonment, five characters survive on the streets of São Paulo, amid snot and grime, in the open air. In their conversations, screams, coughs, and ramblings, five "topographical mites" search for the meaning of life, denouncing the general disdain of passersby. Award-winning writer Evandro Affonso Ferreira achieves, in this novel, a rare balance between literary refinement, linguistic innovation, philosophical reflection, and social critique. Resisting the appeal of standardized narratives, which currently blur into emptiness, Evandro has patiently cultivated his own style over decades. The result is unique: a forceful voice, at once honest and erudite, recognizable by the reader from the first lines, as is the case with the greatest names in Brazilian literature.