Book, Acre[LS]

Lucrecia Zappi is a powerful voice in contemporary romance. Rarely in Brazilian culture has the conflicting relationship between the middle class and the city been portrayed in such a precise way. The solidity of Oscar's marriage is threatened by the arrival of Nelson, his wife's ex-boyfriend and disaffection from his youth. Recently arrived from Acre, he moves to the same building as the couple, in Vila Buarque, downtown São Paulo. Lost between paranoia, Marcela's jealousy and memories of adolescence on the beaches of Santos in the 1980s, Oscar wanders around São Paulo encountering wounds from the past and threats of violence that seem to come from the streets and forcefully invade his warm and predictable routine. . Acre immerses the reader in a suffocating and hostile city, where prejudice, brutality and decadence sprout at every corner. Author nominated for the Jabuti Romance Award.