Windstorm

An unlikely love, amidst books and despair. In the small, fictional Ventania, the station master falls in love with the beautiful librarian Lorena Krull. An exotic, modern woman, she spreads literature and charm through the seldom-visited shelves of her kingdom of letters. And it is amidst the dusty books that Philadelpho is reborn, after suffering the loss of a leg in a train accident. Hoping to win his Dulcinea, this contemporary Quixote tilts at the windmills of uncertain inspiration and seeks to become worthy of his beloved. In hastily written sentences, in pencil, he begins his career as a writer. And he begins to catalog what he sees from his platform. With each episode recounted, each book consulted, each adventure experienced through the dialogues of another, he feels his crutch disappear. The non-existent leg looms large and makes him whole once more. But the female soul is capricious, as so many classics show us. Lorena, his Blonde Panther, charms herself for a boy-man. Of all people, ZéJosé, brother of ZéElias, responsible for the disaster that marked him. Son of Dasdores, born on Good Friday, nephew of Dasalmas, born on All Souls' Day, and Dasflores, in spring. A prince of childish reigns: kites, marbles, spinning tops. Unrequited feelings burn in the chest of this locomotive inspector. Like cars following the inexorable course of the tracks, we are drawn into this man's story, heading toward a pathetic fate. In a mesmerizing narrative, the reader becomes the author's confidant. His footnotes reveal all his ideas and decisions. And they take us on a journey where the engineer is the talent of one of the country's most respected authors: Alcione Araújo.