Everything is river

Everything is a river is Carla Madeira's debut book.

With a mature, precise, and at the same time delicate and poetic narrative, the novel tells the story of the couple Dalva and Venâncio, whose lives are transformed after a tragic loss, the result of the husband's unhealthy jealousy, and Lucy, the most depraved and sought-after prostitute in the city, who gets in their way, forming a love triangle.

On the book's blurb, Martha Medeiros writes: " Everything is a River is a masterpiece, and I'm not exaggerating. It's one of those books that, upon finishing, makes you want to start again, right away, this time to linger over each line, savor each sentence, and let yourself be embraced by the poetry of the prose. On a first reading, this slower pace is almost impossible, as the current of events carries us to the last page without giving us a chance to breathe. You have to stay afloat or you'll drown."

The metaphor of the river is revealed through the narrative that flows – sometimes intense, sometimes more gentle – uninterruptedly, but also through sweat, saliva, blood, tears, semen, and Carla does this without being appealing, without cheap sentimentality, with the skill that only the best writers possess.