Brazilian Literature in Translation

Cristóvão Tezza

A gifted writer and father confronts the life-changing arrival of a disabled child, tracing the intimate upheavals of love, fear, responsibility, and hope from the earliest days of birth through the long work of parenting. Blending personal reflection with sharp observation, the novel follows a family’s evolving relationships as they negotiate what it means to care, to grieve, and to remain fully human in the face of uncertainty. At its core, the story explores themes of devotion and endurance, the limits of language when confronting suffering, and the ways faith—religious or otherwise—can both comfort and complicate our understanding of life. With Tezza’s distinctive literary intensity and emotional clarity, the book turns an everyday drama into a profound meditation on identity, time, and the bonds that shape a family.