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The Day I Killed My Father

The Day I Killed My Father

by Alison Entrekin (Translator), Alison Entrekin (Translator), Mario Sabino (Author)

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    Paperback 2014

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Synopsis

'The day I killed my father was a bright day, although the light was hazy, without shadows or contours.' So begins the unforgettable debut of Mario Sabino: a work of suspense, tragedy, and profound reflections on the human soul that marks him as one of Brazil's most exciting novelists. In charming and chilling prose, Sabino draws the reader directly into the mind of a man who has committed patricide. This bold and stark book draws on complex themes of religion, philosophy, and literature in seeking to understand the nature of evil. Part psychological thriller, part intellectual puzzle, The Day I Killed My Father plays on some of humankind's most profound archetypes and fables, all the while lulling the reader with the brilliance of its voice.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 192
 Edition: UK edition
 Publisher: Scribe UK
Published: 14 Aug 2014
ISBN 10: 1922247278
ISBN 13: 9781922247278
Book Overview: 'The day I killed my father was a bright day, although the light was hazy, without shadows or contours.'

Media Reviews
'... absorbing and at times quite funny, and it left me feeling decidedly spooked.' -- Richard King Australian Literary Review 'Mario Sabino handles his subject with humour and imagination.' Epoca 'I couldn't put the book down. Chilling and sad, even on the same page, this book is one of the best I have read for a long time.' -- Scott Noble Readings newsletter 'This Brazilian bestseller by Mario Sabino, is both charming and chilling ... An impressive debut from one of Brazil's most exciting novelists.' Remix ' ... a striking first novel.' The Age 'Intellectual, compelling and darkly humourous, the reader is driven to the conclusion with voyeuristic horror.' The Dominion Post Weekend 'Mario Sabino's book, it is worth stressing, flows and is fun to read. There is nothing 'difficult' here - rather there is much food for thought.' Veja 'Mario Sabino has not sought to comfort. With courage, with malice, with humour he prefers to perturb, dismantling everything that our intelligence has conceived in the frustrated attempt to give a little order and sense to reality.' -- Diogo Mainardi
Author Bio
Mario Sabino was born in Sao Paulo in 1962. He is deputy managing editor of Veja, Brazil's most influential weekly magazine. His second book, a collection of short stories, O Antinarciso (The Antinarcissist), won the Brazilian National Library's Clarice Lispector Award. He has completed his second collection of short stories, A Boca da Verdade (The Mouth of Truth), and is currently working on his second novel, entitled O Vicio do Amor (Addicted to Love). Alison Entrekin has translated a number of works by Brazilian and Portuguese authors into English, including City of God by Paulo Lins and Budapest by Chico Buarque, which was shortlisted for the 2004 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize in the United Kingdom. Originally from Australia, she now lives in Brazil.