by Martha Batalha · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788535930825
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In her second novel, Martha Batalha recreates the trajectory of the descendants of Johan Edward Jansson, the Swedish consul in Brazil who built a castle in Ipanema in 1904. The novel explores how two New Year's Eve parties define the trajectory of the Janssons over 110 years. It is a family saga steeped in history, built with doses of humor, irony and sensitivity. The richness and complexity of the multiple characters created by Batalha allow us to deal with themes that intertwine and defined Brazilian society in recent decades, such as the dream of social ascension, feminine and feminist ideals, the sexual revolution, the reaction to the military coup, the division of classes, the deterioration of the country. A moving romance about choices and regrets, about the granular matter of memory and the imperceptible and irreparable changes of time.
