Daniel Galera wordt erkend als een van de meest invloedrijke jonge stemmen in de Braziliaanse literatuur. Zijn schrijven duikt in de complexiteit van de menselijke ervaring met een onderscheidende stijl die zowel critici als lezers heeft geboeid. Als gerespecteerd vertaler en redacteur verrijkt Galera het literaire landschap met zijn inzichtelijke perspectief. Zijn werken, aangepast voor toneel en film, blijven resoneren en onderstrepen zijn significante impact.
The narrative follows a troubled young man as he confronts the violent legacy of his family's past. Set against a backdrop of emotional turmoil, the protagonist embarks on a gripping journey of self-discovery and reckoning, revealing the complexities of familial bonds and the impact of history on personal identity. This compelling tale explores themes of violence, redemption, and the search for meaning in the midst of chaos, showcasing the author’s distinctive voice and storytelling prowess.
His father shoots himself, and all he's left with is the old cattle dog and a vague desire for explanation. He loves swimming so he travels to Garopaba, a quiet little town on the Brazilian coast, where his grandfather disappeared decades before. There, in the midst of romantic flings, he comes to discover more than he could ever have imagined...
A man rises at 5am and silently leaves his home. He starts his car - its trunk filled with survival gear - and glides through the sleeping streets of Porto Alegre, haunted by ghosts of past selves- the fearless boy riding a battered stunt bike, the silent adolescent fascinated by bodies and violence, the obsessive young surgeon, the distant husband. As dawn breaks and people slowly fill the streets, the man finds himself driving back to his childhood home. What is pulling him there? Perhaps the need to make something happen, perhaps just nostalgia. Or perhaps the search for absolution - for a secret crime he has carried in his heart for fifteen years.
A dark and masterful portrait of a generation in crisis, from one of the most exciting young voices in international literature The world had been theirs in the late 90s: they were the young provocateurs behind a countercultural scene, digital bohemians creating a new future. But fifteen years later, Duke, the leader and undisputed genius of their group, has been murdered, and the three remaining members of their circle reunite to piece together what became of their lives and how they fell so short of their expectations. Now in their thirties, Aurora, Antero, and Emiliano have succumbed to the pressures of adulthood, the exigencies of carving out a life in a country that is fraying at the seams. Reunited after years of long-held grudges and painful crushes, the three try to resurrect the spirit of the all-night parties and early morning trysts, the protests and pornography of their youths. Lurking over them, as they puzzle out their fates, is the question of whether or not there is a future for them to believe in, or if the end has already arrived. Twenty After Midnight is a portrait of the first generation of the digital age, a group that was promised everything but handed a fractured world. Daniel Galera has written a pre-apocalyptic tale of millennial longings.
