by Luís Fernando Veríssimo · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788539005468
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«Amor Verissimo» is the collection of chronicles by Luís Fernando Veríssimo, published by Objetiva in 2014 in paperback (194 pages, in Portuguese).
It brings together 50 chronicles about love in its variants: first love, platonic love, carnal love, self-interest, friendship, family affection and love that crosses borders of language and nationality. With humour and irony, it portrays characters such as Corno Lírico, Don Juan, the lover Rubival, an expert at prospecting widowers or the pregnant woman who cries over detergent.
The chronicles of «Amor Verissimo» inspired the eponymous series broadcast by the GNT channel in 2014.
Recommended for readers looking for short chronicles with humour about couple relationships and everyday life.
Luís Fernando Verissimo was a Brazilian writer. Verissimo was the son of Brazilian writer Érico Verissimo and lived with his father in the United States during his childhood. Best known for his crônicas and texts of humor, more precisely satire of manners, published daily in several Brazilian newspapers, Verissimo was also a cartoonist, translator, and television writer, playwright and novelist. He has also been advertising and newspaper copy desk. He was also a musician, having played saxophone in a few sets. With over 60 published titles, he was one of the most popular contemporary Brazilian writers.
