Jeferson Tenório

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• De Onde Eles Vêm

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  Jabuti 2025 · Shortlist

  De Onde Eles Vêm

  AITitle translated by AI:“Where They Come From”

  Jeferson Tenório · 47 when first published

  Novel · 208 pages · Coming of age, Politics

  AIAI-generated summary:Joaquim, a penniless orphan nursing his grandmother in Porto Alegre around 2000, wins a university place under the new racial quotas and clings to his love of books.

• O Avesso da Pele

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  Jabuti 2021 · ★ Winner

  The Dark Side of Skin

  O Avesso da Pele

  Jeferson Tenório · 43 when first published

  Novel · 150 pages · Family, Politics

  AIAI-generated summary:Once his father has died, Pedro goes back over the older man's footsteps and his family's history, and over what it meant to be Black in a Brazil scarred by racism and failing schools.