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What Is Mine
By (author) José Henrique Bortoluci, Translated by Rahul Bery
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In What Is Mine, sociologist José Henrique Bortoluci uses interviews with his father, Didi, to retrace the recent history of Brazil and of his family. From the mid-1960s to the mid-2010s, Didi’s work as a truck driver took him away from home for long stretches at a time as he crisscrossed the country and participated in huge infrastructure projects including the Trans-Amazonian Highway, a scheme spearheaded by the military dictatorship of the time, undertaken through brutal deforestation. An observer of history, Didi also recounts the toll his work has taken on his health, from a heart attack in middle age to the cancer that defines his retirement. Bortoluci weaves the history of a nation with that of a man, uncovering parallels between cancer and capitalism – both sustained by expansion, both embodiments of ‘the gospel of growth at any cost’ – and traces the distance that class has placed between him and his father. Influenced by authors such as Annie Ernaux and Svetlana Alexievich, What Is Mine is a moving, thought-provoking and brilliantly constructed examination of the scars we carry, as people and as countries.
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Publisher | Fitzcarraldo Editions
Published date | 2 May 2024
Language | English
Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 160
Dimensions | 197 x 125 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 0g
ISBN | 978-1-8042-7085-1
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BISAC | biography & autobiography / personal memoirs
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