Véspera — Portable Edition

Vedina, a woman traumatized by a broken marriage, decides, in a moment of losing control, to abandon her son, to leave him behind.

As soon as she does, however, she immediately regrets it, returning to the place where she left the little boy. But she finds nothing, neither the child nor any trace of his presence. 

From then on, the story unfolds, told in two timelines, leading the reader into a world of fears and shadows, of wretched vices and controlling behaviors, delving into the depths of a violent and lost family, while seeking to answer an essential and ever-present question: how does one reach the limit? 

Following the successes of Tudo É Rio and A Natureza da Mordida, which made Carla Madeira the most-read author in Brazil, Véspera comes to confirm her defining talent in contemporary Brazilian literature. 

A work with characters of tremendous emotional force, dramatic, mysterious. A labyrinth of emotions from which the reader, trapped in the plot, will only emerge at the end. Or perhaps not even then.