João Silvério Trevisan

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• Meu Irmão, Eu Mesmo

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  Jabuti 2024 · Shortlist

  Meu Irmão, Eu Mesmo

  AITitle translated by AI:“My Brother, Myself”

  João Silvério Trevisan · 79 when first published

  Novel · 256 pages · Family, Autofiction

  AIAI-generated summary:Diagnosed with HIV in 1992, a writer expects to die; instead it is his beloved younger brother, his firmest support, who falls ill with cancer.

• Pai, Pai

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  Jabuti 2018 · Shortlist

  Pai, Pai

  AITitle translated by AI:“Father, Father”

  João Silvério Trevisan · 73 when first published

  Novel · 252 pages · Family, Autofiction, Coming of age

  AIAI-generated summary:Beaten as a small boy by a drinking father who despises his effeminacy, a firstborn son in rural São Paulo state takes refuge in a seminary before the age of ten.