Book, View of the River[LS]

Virgílio and Marco Aurélio grew up in Estrela de Ipanema, a modernist building with straight and symmetrical lines. The friends' lives, however, are far from the idea of ​​order and clarity inspired by the architecture of the Rio building. Surrounded by contradictions, their trajectories take conflicting turns in this brilliant novel about lost aspirations and dreams. Written in different narrative times, Vista do Rio is an impactful novel, which tells the story of the friendship between Marco Aurélio and Virgílio, from childhood — lived amidst the elegant and balanced lines of the imposing Estrela de Ipanema building — to maturity, immersed in secrets and deceptions. It is, in the words of writer Moacyr Scliar, “a human story, a story that talks about dreams, aspirations and frustrations (many frustrations) of Brazilians living in the city that is a paradigm of current Brazil”. “Rodrigo Lacerda reaches the level of directors who effectively count and asserts himself as one of the most exciting talents in young literature made in Brazil.” — Wander Melo Miranda, Folha de S. Paulo “The writing is clear, lean, blunt.” — Francisco de Moraes Mendes, O Tempo “Rodrigo Lacerda took a risk and got it right.” — Rogério Pereira, Draft