Never the boy's name

A novel by the author who won the 2015 São Paulo Literature Prize. How can we be sure we are not mere dreams of a creator we don't know, and why trust in his existence? Starting from the Borgesian dilemma of a woman who finds herself a character in a work of fiction and all the reflections she experiences as a result, Estevão Azevedo subtly weaves together literary references ranging from Homer to Vinicius de Moraes, including Camus, João Cabral de Melo Neto, and, above all, Machado de Assis. The result is a metaliterary novel that, rather than proposing itself as erudite, suggests a playful pact with the reader.