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Michel Laub


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Porto Alegre, Brazil
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Michel Laub was born in Porto Alegre, in 1973, and lives in São Paulo. He is a writer and journalist, he was editor-in-chief of Bravo magazine and coordinator of publications and internet at Instituto Moreira Salles. Today he is a columnist for Folha de S.Paulo, in addition to collaborating with several publishers and vehicles. He published six novels, all published by Companhia das Letras: Música Anterior (2001), Longe da água (2004), O segundo tempo (2006), O gato diz adeus (2009), Diário da queda (2011, with rights sold to the cinema)) and A maçã envenenada (2013). His books have been released in 12 countries and 9 languages. He is one of the members of the edition The best young Brazilian writers, of the English magazine Granta. He rece ...more

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Verão na Névoa

Meu novo livro, Verão na Névoa, meu primeiro de não-ficção, acaba de sair pela Companhia das Letras e está à venda em todas as livrarias e sites. Sinopse:

O que a obra de Renato Russo, artista romântico que morreu precocemente, teria a ver com a de J. M. Coetzee, cerebral e octogenário vencedor do Nobel de Literatura? Partindo dessa pergunta inusitada, Michel Laub escreve um misto de ensaio cultura

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Average rating: 3.71 · 3,866 ratings · 431 reviews · 19 distinct works • Similar authors
Diário da Queda
3.74 avg rating — 1,924 ratings — published 2011 — 30 editions
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O Tribunal da Quinta-Feira
3.69 avg rating — 768 ratings — published 2016 — 5 editions
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Solução de Dois Estados
3.93 avg rating — 427 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions
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A Maçã Envenenada
3.52 avg rating — 283 ratings — published 2013 — 7 editions
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O Segundo Tempo
3.37 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions
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Passeio com o gigante
3.44 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 2024 — 2 editions
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Longe da Água
3.56 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2004
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O Gato Diz Adeus
3.30 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions
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Música Anterior
3.23 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions
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Anuário Todavia 2018/2019: ...
3.58 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions
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“Je moet de dingen echter bij hun naam noemen om ze vast te leggen in de tijd, en ze kunnen wegsterven als wat ze in feite waren opdat er iets even waars uit geboren wordt.”
― Michel Laub, Het donderdagtribunaal
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“No inicio de um relacionamento tudo é frágil, basta uma palavra dita fora de hora, um telefonema que não foi feito ou a menção a alguém que parece ter mais importância do que tem, o temperamento que você ainda conhece e soa indevidamente agressivo ou distante, e a pessoa que nasceu para estar do seu lado vai embora sem que você tenha a chance de saber disso.”
― Michel Laub, O Tribunal da Quinta-Feira
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“Um relacionamento já é tão frágil de qualquer modo, e sempre chega o dia em que o desejo diminui, e o encantamento dá lugar a outra coisa, a medida de dor e incomunicabilidade que duas pessoas aguentam ao tentar construir algo sólido sobre a terra que pede para ser arrasada (...).”
― Michel Laub, O Tribunal da Quinta-Feira
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