The Day I Killed My Father
Mario Sabino (Translated by Alison Entrekin)
‘… absorbing and at times quite funny, and it left me feeling decidedly spooked.’
Richard King, Australian Literary Review
‘The day I killed my father was a bright day, although the light was hazy, without shadows or contours.’
So begins a work of suspense, tragedy, and profound reflections on the human soul that marks the unforgettable debut of Mario Sabino, one of Brazil’s most exciting novelists.
In charming and chilling prose, Sabino draws the reader directly into the mind of a man who has committed patricide. Readers will hang on every word of this bold and stark book, which calls on complex themes of religion, philosophy, and literature in seeking to understand the nature of evil.
Part psychological thriller, part intellectual puzzle, this novel plays on some of humankind’s most profound archetypes and fables, all the while lulling the reader with the brilliance of its voice.
This Brazilian bestseller, rendered into English for Scribe by renowned Australian translator Alison Entrekin, is a tour de force.
Reviews
‘Mario Sabino has not sought to comfort. With courage, with malice, with humour he prefers to perturb, dismantling everything that our intelligence has conceived in the frustrated attempt to give a little order and sense to reality.’
Diogo Mainardi
‘Mario Sabino handles his subject with humour and imagination.’
Epoca
» All reviews for this title‘Mario Sabino’s book, it is worth stressing, flows and is fun to read. There is nothing ‘difficult’ here – rather there is much food for thought.’
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