The Eternal Son

Cristovão Tezza · 2007 CE · Novel · Latin American · Contemporary

A writer's first son is born with Down syndrome in Brazil, and the father spends twenty-five years learning to live with the child he did not expect. The third-person telling keeps both father and son at a certain distance. It won the Jabuti Prize and was shortlisted for the IMPAC award.

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