The darkness that precedes the storm – A Brazilian Dystopia for troubled times Hot, humid, muggy weather, almost no wind, no movement. In the late afternoon, heavy rain invariably falls and drenches the inhabitants of the coastal town. Suddenly, a sound is heard in the distance,...
Once, a friend who still couldn’t get rid of his depression after his cancer treatment told me when I asked him why he was so upset: Cancer took with it everything that it brought. Except for the thought of death. I have been cured, but I am going to die. The first spark of the idea of...