An extraordinary account of a common human drama--the birth and parenting of a disabled child--investigated profoundly by a father who is a gifted writer

CRISTOVÃO TEZZA, one of Brazil's foremost contemporary novelists, was born in 1952. He has published thirteen novels, including O Filho Eterno (The Eternal Son), which won every major literary prize in Brazil in 2008 and was shortlisted for the 2012 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. ALISON ENTREKIN has translated a number of works by Brazilian authors, including City of God by Paulo Lins, Budapest by Chico Buarque, and Near to the Wild Heart by Clarice Lispector.