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RIFF AGENCY
BOLOGNA 2018
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Riff Agency: Lucia Riff, [email protected] and Camila Marandino, [email protected]
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CHILDREN’S AND YOUNG READERS’
AUERBACH, Patricia – Rights of the Little Reader .................................................................................... 3
AUERBACH, Patricia; FRANCO, Blandina; LOLLO, José Carlos – The Fallen Moai ...................... 4
CARRASCOZA, João Anzanello – Toy Box ..................................................................................................... 5
COLASANTI, Marina – A Friend Forever ....................................................................................................... 6
CONRADO, Laura; CARVALHO, Marina – Literary Friendship ............................................................. 7
FRANCO, Blandina & LOLLO, José Carlos
Tomás’ Gang ............................................................................................................................................................ 9
Gas Series ................................................................................................................................................................ 10
LISBOA, Adriana – A King Without Majesty .............................................................................................. 12
REZENDE, Stella Maris – Because We Dreamt ......................................................................................... 13
TAVANO, Silvana – The Poetry of Things ................................................................................................... 14
RIFF SELECTION
ACIOLI, Socorro – The Ghost Ballerina: Anabela In Four Acts ........................................................... 16
CARRANCA, Adriana – Malala, the Girl Who Wanted to Go to School ............................................ 17
GROSSOS, Vinicius – The Almost Ran Over Boy ....................................................................................... 18
PRATA, Antonio – Naked, In Boots ............................................................................................................... 19
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RIGHTS OF THE LITTLE READER (Direitos do pequeno leitor)
Patricia Auerbach
Companhia das Letrinhas, 2017
48 pages
When it comes to books and reading, adults have
guaranteed rights – they can read whatever they want,
when they want. But what about young readers? The ones
who are just beginning to explore books: what are their
rights? They can be the main character of a story, play with
their favourite heroes, re-read a short story as many times
as they want, or even give up reading a book half way
through. This book was created to guarantee that all
children are aware of all these rights and others, and so it
will be easier to ensure they are respected.
A manifesto in defence of allowing children to read without restrictions or obligations: from
giving up reading a book half way through to taking inspiration from a character in a story
to create their own adventures. Everything is permitted when it comes to developing our
young readers.
Translated sample available in English.
Patricia Auerbach was born in São Paulo, in 1978. She studied Architecture, has worked as an art director and taught History of Art. Today, she teaches Art for kids at school, writes and illustrates books.
Other titles:
O lenço
Brinque Book, 2013
- Highly Recommended, by the
National Foundation of Children and YA Book, 2013
O jornal
Brinque Book, 2012
- Shortlisted for the Jabuti Prize – Best Illustration Children’s/Young Reader 2012
- National Foundation of Children and YA Book Award for Best Picture Book 2012
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THE FALLEN MOAI (A queda dos Moais)
Patricia Auerbach, Blandina Franco and Luis Carlos Lollo
Escarlate, 2018
64 pages
The Fallen Moai is a story about the holidays of a boy named Joaquim.
The narrative is a sequence of several independent texts, each of
them written in a different text genre.
Right on the first page, a travel agency leaflet advertises an Easter
Island’s promotion; in sequence, in a comic book story, Joaquin’s
father announces that the island is the family’s next holiday
destination. And so the story goes, revolving around the mystery
implicating the main tourist attraction in Easter Island, the Moai, who
have all inexplicably fallen with their faces on the ground.
At the end of the book, the text genres are introduced.
Thirty text types (news, email, nursery rhymes, chronic, tale, epigraph, proverb etc.) and
never-ending mess and misunderstanding turn this trip a fun and unforgettable experience!
Full translation available in English.
Blandina Franco is a Brazilian children’s writer. She has twice been awarded the Jabuti
Prize, and keeps her awards on a shelf full of books, alongside a few pieces of Lego and
several toy birds. Married to José Carlos Lollo, she shares not only all her publications with
him, amounting to over 40 books, but also a desire to move to a house in the woods and
spend her time making up stories. She has never visited Easter Island, but imagines it must
be really great, and has always wondered if the Moai figures were buried with just their
heads exposed to stop them from picking their big noses.
José Carlos Lollo is a talented Brazilian designer, art director and illustrator of children’s
literature. He was won awards, including Professional of the Year, Leão and Jabuti prizes, as
well as some chocolate medals in school spelling contests, and takes good care of his awards,
apart from the coins, which were eaten a long time ago. He has never visited Easter Island,
but says he wants to go there and when he does he will draw every single Moai in one of his
sketch books.
Patricia Auerbach is a Brazilian writer who loves drawing, and so ends up illustrating most
of her own books. Patricia has published 6 books and won various prizes, including the
FNLIJ (National Children’s Book Foundation) award for best picture book for her book The
Newspaper, and the children’s jury prize for The Scarf at the Bratislava Biennial of
Illustration. She has never been to Easter Island, but she is planning to go there with
Blandina and Lollo to celebrate the publication (and the success!) of this book.
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TOY BOX (Caixa de brinquedos)
João Anzanello Carrascoza
SM Editora, 2017
56 pages
Ten short stories and mini short stories make up the book Toy Box.
The narrative unit is guaranteed by the presence of the boy, unnamed
child who invents and recreates, from situations of the collective
imagination — the creation of the world, the adventures of D. Quixote
—, universes, sensations and emotions fundamental for the
recognition of the experience of living. With extreme sensibility and
beauty, Larissa Ribeiro’s illustrations are shown in perfect harmony
with the delicacy of the adventures experienced by the boy.
Translated sample available in English.
João Anzanello Carrascoza (São Paulo, 1962) has
published more than 30 books, including short stories
and novels for children and teenagers, several of them
award winners. He has taken part in international
programs for resident writers, such as Ledig House
(USA) and Château Lavigny (Switzerland), and has
had some of his works translated into English, French,
Italian, Swedish, and Spanish. João also worked as a
copywriter for two decades in big advertising agencies in the country.
Other titles: O volume do silêncio Aos 7 e aos 40 SESI, 2007 Alfaguara, 2013 - Third place in the Jabuti Prize France: Anacaona -Finalist of the São Paulo Literature Prize
2014 Aquela água toda -Longlisted for the Portugal Telecom Prize Alfaguara, 2012 -Included in the IBBY catalogue France: Joie de Lire for Latin America and the Caribbean - Second place in the Jabuti Prize -Best short stories book of 2012, from the São Paulo’s Art Critics Association - Highly Recommended, by the National Foundation of Children and YA Book - Included in the White Ravens Catalogue 2013
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A FRIEND FOREVER (Um amigo para sempre)
Marina Colasanti
FTD, 2017
48 pages
A Friend Forever is a masterpiece by Marina Colasanti. This book
is not a tale of enchantment, but it contains traces of enchantment
– or transcendence – in the way it narrates an episode in the life
of the Angolan writer Luandino Vieira: in prison, in Cape Verde,
he patiently gains the confidence and friendship of a bird.
Guazzelli’s illustrations expand the horizons of the story,
encouraging the reader to think about confidence, friendship,
freedom and the small pleasures that can be enjoyed in the most
adverse circumstances. The art work also helps enhance the
narrative, by concealing a surprise. Fanny Abramovich’s
Afterword underlines this work’s literary quality and the biographical notes on Luandino
Vieira, by Benjamin Abdala Junior, and on Marina Colasanti by Ruth Rocha, contextualize
and enrich this edition.
Full translation available in English and Spanish.
Marina Colasanti was born in the former Italian colony of
Eritrea in 1937. As a child, her family moved back to Italy,
from where they’ve emigrated to Brazil after the end of
World War II. She is one of the most awarded female
Brazilian writers, author of about 40 books, including works
for children and young adults, short stories, novels, and
essays. Graduated in Fine Arts, it is she who illustrates most
of her books. Marina is also a renowned translator from
English, French, and Italian.
A Friend Forever sold to:
Argentina: Calibroscopio
Other titles:
Breve história de um pequeno amor Uma ideia toda azul
FTD, 2014 Global, 1979
Colombia (Latin America): Alfaguara - Great APCA Prize
- Winner of the Jabuti Prize - Highly Recommended, by the National
- Book of the Year by the Brazilian Foundation of Children and YA Book Book Chamber - APCA Prize for Best Children’s Book
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LITERARY FRIENDSHIP (Literalmente amigas)
Laura Conrado e Marina Carvalho
Record, 2018
336 pages
Gaby and Livia are inseparable friends who have been connected by
the love for books and stories. Their dedication to literature led them
to create “Literary Friendship,” a blog where they share with
hundreds of followers their impressions on literary culture. Equal,
but yet so different, Gaby and Livia have never expected to wish for
the very same job position, in an important publishing house. And
then, a rigorous selection process will depurate their friendship.
Gaby is a Japanese descendent, an art graduate student, and a chaotic
daydreamer. She loves to laugh. On the other hand, Livia is an
assertive person, and has got well designed plans for her future, although she has been
struggling to disguise her current dismay at life. Gaby is now living her “happy end” with
Leo — their relationship is a romance real beyond the pages of a book. Livia dreams about
living love just like her favorite characters. She has found a guy who meets her standards;
however, it seems that he is not available — well, at least that is what it looks like.
With her mind set on arts, Gaby faces financial trouble. But then, her heart is filled with hope
when she suddenly finds a way out in something that seems to have popped out of a happy
scene. There’s a position available at one of her favorite publishing houses; it is an ideal job
to recover from her financial disaster and to be close to books.
Livia’s life is written in pretty linear and well-knit chapters. One day, when she is feeling
upset with how slow her life narrative flows, she hits a plot twist. There’s a position
available at the best publishing house in the country; it is her dream job for which she has
been preparing herself since the beginning of her career.
Will their love for books, once the glue that held Gaby and Livia together, become the end of
their literary friendship?
Translated sample available in English.
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Laura Conrado is the 2012 Jovem Brasileiro Award winner.
Young adult fiction author, she wrote the acclaimed novels
Freud, Help Me Out Here!, I Always Fall for the Wrong Guy,
Shakespeare and Them, When Saturn Is Back, and Hooked in
Myself Laura Conrado is celebrated by readers and by the
Brazilian media for addressing deep topics in a fun way. Her
writing is representative of the yearnings of a generation of
young adult women and addresses important issues such as
emerging adulthood and women’s empowerment.
Marina Carvalho has already reached
the number of 100.000 copies sold in
Brazil. She was born in Ponte Nova, Minas
Gerais. She loves reading: a great and
cute novel, a good crime fiction, an
unpretentious chick-lit or even the
newspaper. She is a journalist graduate of
Puc-Minas and has already worked as a
Communication Advisor, at a private
company, for seven years. Today, besides
a successful young adult writer, selling
thousands of all her books, she is a
Portuguese and a Literature teacher.
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TOMÁS’ GANG (A turma do Tomás)
Blandina Franco e José Carlos Lollo
Eleva Educação, 2017
The illustrated children’s series Tomás’ Gang, another lovely project by Blandina and Lollo,
focuses on teaching children social and emotional skills.
In the first book in the collection, Tomás’ Box (58 pages),
the children are introduced to Thomas and his gang. In the
story, the protagonist experiences situations that evoke
countless feelings, like anxiety, anger, love, rejection,
jealousy, courage and confidence. Each of the 16 chapters
contains a different feeling or emotion that relates to
children’s experiences of life.
In Geraldo’s Notebook (74 pages), Tomás’ gang are back,
and the thematic focus is empathy. The story helps
children understand that other people also have feelings,
encouraging them to think about what those feelings are.
Fernanda’s Papers (74 pages) is about how children feel in
their relationships. It focuses on friendships (and
hostilities), and family relationships.
Full translation available in English for all the titles.
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GAS SERIES (Série Pum)
Blandina Franco e José Carlos Lollo
Companhia das Letras
Gas can be problematic in a person’s life. When it’s a dog
with gas, you’ve got no chance! Now and again the gas
escapes, makes a noise and it’s the adults who suffer! An
entertaining and unusual book that will have both children
and parents laughing out loud.
It’s a simple story, but the premise is brilliant: imagine a
pet dog called Gas! This gives rise to various puns, creating
truly hilarious phrases and situations. For example, you
cannot control Gas, Gas is noisy and it’s the adults that
suffer, and on a rainy day wet Gas is even smellier than usual, all of which makes his young
owner curl up in shame. Poor Gas. And poor Gas’s owner!
But there’s nothing you can do about it. Gas is like that: no one can stop Gas escaping and
causing trouble.
It’s ‘Take Your Pet to School Month’, and finally Gas’ owner
is going to let him mess around with his friends. He plays
in the sandpit, won’t keep quiet in the geography class, and
even ends up in the headmistress’s office. There’s nothing
you can do about it, no one can control Gas.
Now Gas is going to the park. But, of course, Gas ends up
getting into more trouble! When his owner decides to let
him off the lead, Gas escapes and causes major commotion.
It’s as if with each day that passes it’s more difficult to
control Gas...
Full translation available in English for all the titles.
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Blandina Franco writes children’s books. She
found out that she wanted to write children’s
book when she was over 40 of age, and once she
started, she never stopped anymore.
José Carlos Lollo illustrates children’s books.
He is an awarded Art Director, who has worked
for the biggest advertising agencies in Brazil,
and who found out that what he likes to do best
is to illustrate children’s books.
Blandina Franco and José Carlos Lollo, together,
have published over thirty children’s books in
the last five years.
Other titles:
O peixe e a passarinha
Companhia das Letrinhas, 2012
A raiva
Pequena Zahar, 2014
China: Jieli Publishing Co.
Portugal: Penguin Random House
Turkey: Tudem Publishing Group
- Third place in the Jabuti Prize
O coiso estranho
Companhia das Letrinhas, 2014
Por que sou uma menina xadrez
Matrix, 2015
Restaurante animal
FTD, 2015
Ernesto
Companhia das Letrinhas, 2016
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A KING WITHOUT MAJESTY (Um rei sem majestade)
Adriana Lisboa
Rocco Pequenos Leitores, 2018
32 pages
In her new children’s book, the award-winning writer Adriana
Lisboa introduces a poem that invites young readers to experience
a new vision of the world. Via an inventive poetic game, the author
creates metaphors to define a variety of everyday situations. The
verses become almost a mantra, or even a rap to be said out loud,
with claps on the beat.
To further enrich this book, the illustrator Lúcia Brandão has
designed images that create new metaphors based on those
suggested by the author. In a colour palette full of strong contrasts,
the artist leads the reader to become increasingly involved in the density of the poem.
A King without Majesty can be read in many different ways by young readers, parents and
teachers, which facilitates the mediation process, whether at home or in the classroom. The
poetic game imagined by Adriana Lisboa and Lúcia Brandão’s illustrations creates an
essential work for broadening children’s horizons.
Translated sample available in English.
Adriana Lisboa was born in Rio de Janeiro.
A novelist, poet and short story writer, she
is the author of the novels Sinfonia em
branco (Symphony in White, José Saramago
Prize), Azul corvo (Crow Blue, one of The
Independent newspaper’s books of the
year) and Hanói (Hanoi, one of the Brazilian
newspaper O Globo’s books of the year),
amongst other works. In the realm of
children’s literature, she made her debut
with Língua de trapos, which won the FNLIJ’s breakthrough author prize. Her books have
been translated in over twenty countries. Her poems and short stories have been published
in magazines such as Modern Poetry in Translation and Granta. She has lived in France and
New Zealand, and currently resides in the USA.
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BECAUSE WE DREAMT
Stella Maris Rezende
Globo Livros, 2017
216 pages
In Ponta Escura, a city created by the fertile imagination of the
award-winning writer, young people are abandoned by their parents
and live unusual situations. The Silly Dreamers group, formed by
abandoned youths, tries to change this situation.
One of the characters has theatrical ambitions, and theater becomes
the driving motif of the story, as a possible way out of the curse that
struck the city. The text contains language of the state of Minas Gerais
and allusions to poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade and writer
Graciliano Ramos.
Translated sample available in English.
Stella Maris Rezende is from the town of Dores do Indaiá in
the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. She has a Master’s in
Brazilian Literature from the University of Brasília, and is a
designer, singer, writer and actress. She has published dozens
of books for both adult and young readers. In the late 1970s
and early 1980s, she played the Bluestar Fairy in the
television series Carrossel on the TV Manchete/Brasília
channel, and Aunt Stella on the programme Recreio on TV
Record/Brasília. She spent part of her childhood in the city of
Belo Horizonte, moved to Brasília in 1962, and since 2007 has
lived in Rio de Janeiro.
Other titles: A mocinha do Mercado Central A guardiã dos segredos de família
Globo Livros, 2011 Edições SM, 2011
- Winner of the Jabuti Prize, 2012 - Second place in the Jabuti Prize, 2012
- Book of the Year, by the - Barco a Vapor Prize, 2010
Brazilian Book Chamber, 2012 - Bologna Catalogue 2012
- Highly Reccomended by the National Foundation of Children and YA Book - João-de-Barro Prize, 2008 As gêmeas da família Globo, 2013 - Second place in the Jabuti Prize, 2014 - APCA Prize for Best Book for Young Readers, 2013
- Brasília Lierature Prize, 2014
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THE POETRY OF THINGS (A poesia das coisas)
Silvana Tavano
SESI, 2017
48 pages
Poetry is presented in different things in this book — in
the unfriendly door, on the nervous foot, and, more
commonly, in a love story. But this story escapes from the
conventional, as it is an ear and an earring discovering
love. Silvana Tavano wrote the little poems and Adriana
Fernandes did the illustrations. There was a perfect
symbiosis between verbal and pictorial language. The
cover and the title page have a musical pattern, with little
birds representing the notes — after all, poetry is also
music.
Translated sample available in English.
Silvana Tavano is a journalist and author. She
graduated from the University of Communication
and Arts of São Paulo and, since 2004, writes books
for young readers.
Other titles:
Como começa?
Callis, 2008
Germany: Callis
Italy: Callis
Korea: ForeverBooks
Poland: Opal
Turkey: YKY
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THE GHOST BALLERINA: ANABELA IN FOUR ACTS
(A bailarina fantasma: Anabela em quatro atos) Socorro Acioli Companhia das Letras/Seguinte, 2016 192 pages
Anabela’s father was the architect chosen to coordinate a project at
the José de Alencar Theatre in Fortaleza: she could barely contain
her excitement! The project involved preserving the original
features of that wonderful entertainment venue which first opened
over a century ago, in 1910.
In no time at all, it became routine for Anabela to spend her
afternoons in that old theatre doing her homework while her father
worked. But the renovation project ended up unearthing mysteries
hidden away many, many years ago… To Anabela’s surprise, a
translucent ballerina dressed in blue appeared dancing on the stage and following her down
the corridors. What on earth could she be doing there? And why is it that only Anabel can
see her? Who is that ballerina and why is she making an appearance?
Translated sample available in English.
Socorro Acioli was born in Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil. She is a journalist
and has a master’s degree in Brazilian literature and a PhD in literary
studies. She started her writing career in 2001 and since then has
published books in various genres, including children’s short stories
and YA novels, and has received Brazil’s most prestigious award for
children’s literature, the Jabuti Prize.
Film option acquired by Gavulino Produções. Awards: - Highly Reccomended by the National Foundation of Children and YA Book - Winner of the Ceará Prize for cinema and video 2010 – Best Script Outros títulos:
A cabeça do santo
Companhia das Letras, 2014
France: Belleville Editions UK: Hot Key Books USA: Delacorte Press - Jabuti Prize Finalist, 2015 - New York Public Library List of Best Books for Teens of 2016 - USBBY Outstanding International Books List, 2017 - LA Times Book Prize Finalist, 2017
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MALALA, THE GIRL WHO WANTED TO GO TO SCHOOL (Malala, a menina que queria ir para escolar)
Adriana Carranca Companhia das Letrinhas, 2015 96 pages
This bestseller by Adriana Carranca sold almost 100,000 copies
in Brazil
Malala Yousafzai became famous worldwide for her fight for the right
to an education. Raised in a peaceful region of Pakistan, she saw her
world change with the rise of the Taliban. Listening to music was now a
crime; women were not allowed to go to the market; and girls were
banned from school.
Malala had been taught to stand up for what she believed in and she
fought long and hard to continue studying, until, on October 9, 2012, it
almost cost her life. Malala was shot in the head as she rode the bus to school, and few believed
she would pull through.
Today, Malala is a living example of the power of peaceful protest and is the youngest-ever
winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. In this journalistic work for children, Adriana Carranca tells her
story, and those of the two other girls shot in 2012, drawing a historical/political/cultural
panorama of Swat, which she visited soon after the attacks.
"As well as telling a true story, a kind of topsy-turvy fairy tale in which the main character does
not want to get married but rather to study, the journalist Adriana Carranca, a special reporter
with the Estado de São Paulo newspaper, creates for children and teenagers a genre that up until
now has only been written for adults: the non-fiction novel".
Full translation available in Spanish, translated sample available in English.
Adriana Carranca is a special reporter for the Brazilian
newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo. She has extensively covered the
war in Afghanistan and important events in Pakistan, Iran,
Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Haiti, Mexico, USA, Great Britain,
Uganda, Congo, South Sudan.
Malala, the Girl Who Wanted to Go to School sold to:
Germany: Hanser
Latin America: Vergara & Riba
Portugal: Penguin Random House
Turkey: Epsilon
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THE ALMOST RAN OVER BOY (O garoto quase atropelado)
Vinícius Grossos
Faro Editorial, 2015
272 pages
A boy suffered with a terrible event. To avoid getting crazy, he starts
to write a diary which inspires him to restart doing something new
every day.
What he couldn’t imagine was that, by doing it, he would be open to
know different people: the fox hair, the not-so-handsome James
Dean and the purple hair girl, his life was changed forever!
Prepare yourself to feel almost run over in an intense way, either by
strong emotions from the first love, by the joy of a new friendship or
by the discoveries that only happens on the limit-moments of our
lives.
Be alive and live are absolutely different things!
Translated sample available in English.
Vinícius Grossos is taurean, greedy reader and dreamer.
He loves Italian food, cloudy days and coffee. He was born
in 1.993, in Rio de Janeiro’s state, Brazil, he studies
Journalism at graduation and one of the things he likes
most is traveling in a country tour with his books to meet
his readers.
He debuted with his book Sereia Negra in an independent
publication in 2014. After it, in 2015, O Garoto quase-
atropelado (The Almost Run Over Boy) was published by
the Faro Editorial and it reached the top 10 of the most
sold books at Bienal do Livro from Minas. In 2016, he
released the romance LGBT 1+1 – A Matemática do Amor,
and in 2017, he was one of the authors in the Anthology
O Verão em que tudo mudou.
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NAKED, IN BOOTS (Nu, de botas)
Antonio Prata
Companhia das Letras, 2013
144 pages
Naked in boots, Antonio Prata revisits the most memorable events of
his childhood. The memoirs are illuminations about the first years of
the author’s life, told with the precision and humor to which his
thousands of readers have become accustomed in Folha de S.Paulo,
newspaper in which Prata has a weekly column since 2010.
The first memories of his backyard, the neighbourhood friends, the
vacations at the beach, the divorce of his parents, the Halley comet,
Bozo and SBT cartoons, the first love, the sex discovered in porn
magazines — all the sentimental education of a middle-class boy
from São Paulo, born in the 1970s, is shown in Naked in boots. What is striking, however, is
the peculiarity of his perspective. The texts are not the memories of the adult looking back
and reviewing his journey with nostalgia or detachment. On the contrary, the author returns
to the point of view of the child, who is amazed by the world and gives a very particular
sense to it — a funny, mysterious, lyric, and enchanted one.
Translated sample available in English.
Antonio Prata é escritor, cronista e roteirista. Colaborou com a
revista Capricho e o jornal O Estado de S. Paulo, além de ter escrito
séries para a Globo, HBO, MTV e Multishow. Atualmente, assina coluna
semanal no caderno Cotidiano da Folha de S. Paulo e é reconhecido
como uma das vozes de maior destaque da nova geração de escritores
nacionais.
Awards:
- Brasília Literature Prize
Naked, in boots sold to:
Portugal: Tinta da China
Other titles:
Felizes quase sempre
Editora 34, 2012
- Finalist of the Jabuti Prize
Jacaré, não!
Ubu, 2016
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FICTION
Adélia PRADO
Adriana LISBOA (**)
Adriana LUNARDI (**)
Alberto MARTINS
Alexandre VIDAL PORTO
André TARTARINI
Anna MONTEIRO
Antonia PELLEGRINO
Antonio PRATA
Arthur DAPIEVE
Beatriz BRACHER
Carlos de BRITO E MELLO
Carlos Eduardo PEREIRA
Carlos Herculano LOPES
Cintia MOSCOVICH
Claudia TAJES
Cristovão TEZZA (*)
Emilio FRAIA
Fernanda YOUNG
Fernando SCHELLER
Flavio CAFIERO
Flávio CARNEIRO
Flávio IZHAKI
Giovana S. MADALOSSO
Henrique RODRIGUES
Ivana Arruda LEITE
Jacques FUX
João Luiz Anzanello CARRASCOZA
José Luiz PASSOS (**)
José Ricardo ALVES
José Rubem FONSECA (**)
Julia WAHMANN
Leticia WIERZCHOWSKI
Livia GARCIA-ROZA
Lucrécia ZAPPI
Luis Fernando VERÍSSIMO
Lya LUFT
Lygia Fagundes TELLES
Marcela DANTÉS
Marcelo FERRONI
Marcelo MALUF
Marcos PERES
Maria Adelaide AMARAL
Maria Valéria REZENDE
Martim CARDOSO
Noemi JAFFE
Rafael GALLO
Ricardo LÍSIAS
Rodrigo LACERDA
Sabina ANZUATEGUI
Santiago NAZARIAN
Sérgio RODRIGUES
Tati BERNARDI
Tércia MONTENEGRO
Tony BELLOTTO
Vanessa BARBARA
Veronica STIGGER
Vitor RAMIL
NONFICTION
Adriana CARRANCA
Barbara VEIGA
Beatriz AZEVEDO
Bernardo MORTIMER
Camila FURTADO
Carlos DOMINGOS
Ciça GUEDES
Cora RÓNAI
Dorrit HARAZIM
Eduardo VIVEIROS DE CASTRO
Eliane BRUM (**)
Elio GASPARI
Fabiana SANTOS
Gerson CAMAROTTI
Ivair GONTIJO
João Gabriel Santana de LIMA
João Silvério TREVISAN
José CASADO
Karla MONTEIRO
Kledir RAMIL
Larry ROTHER(**)
Luiz Alberto HANNS
Luiz Eduardo SOARES
Malu GASPAR
Marcia TIBURI
Michelli PROVENSI
Murilo FIUZA
Patricia LINS E SILVA
Patrícia Toledo de CAMPOS MELLO
Paulo Cesar de ARAÚJO
Pedro MARCONDES
Ricardo NOBLAT
Ricardo RANGEL
Roberto DaMATTA
Teté RIBEIRO
Zuenir VENTURA
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CHILDREN AND YA
Adriana FALCÃO
Alfredo SERTÃ
Anna Bella GEIGER
Anthony DOYLE
Blandina FRANCO
Carol SABAR
Caroline CHANG
Cecília VASCONCELLOS
Fernanda de CASTRO E LIMA
Fernanda VERÍSSIMO
Gisela DE CASTRO
João Luiz GUIMARÃES
Laura CONRADO
Luiz Claudio CARDOSO
Marcelo PIRES
Marcio VASSALLO
Mariana VERÍSSIMO
Marina CARVALHO
Marina COLASANTI
ONDJAKI (**)
Patrícia AUERBACH
Rosa Amanda STRAUSZ
Silvana TAVANO
Socorro ACIOLI
Stella Maris REZENDE
Suzana VARGAS
Sylvia ORTHOF
Vinicius GROSSOS
Vivi MAUREY
CLASSICS
Ariano SUASSUNA
Augusto Frederico SCHMIDT
Caio Fernando ABREU
Carlos DRUMMOND DE ANDRADE
Érico VERÍSSIMO
João CABRAL DE MELO NETO
João UBALDO RIBEIRO (*)
Jorge ANDRADE
Jorge de LIMA
José Cândido de CARVALHO
Josué de CASTRO
Manoel de BARROS
Mª Julieta DRUMMOND DE ANDRADE
Mario QUINTANA
MILLÔR Fernandes
Moacyr SCLIAR (**)
Murilo MENDES
Oswald de ANDRADE
Otto Lara RESENDE
Paulo Emílio SALES GOMES
Paulo Mendes CAMPOS
Paulo RÓNAI
Rachel de QUEIROZ
Ricardo RAMOS
Sérgio PORTO
(**) BRASIL ONLY
(* ) FOREIGN RIGHTS
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