Inércia

by Pat R, Jorge Graca (Illustrations)

James, compositor musical, vive com Jane, a sua apaixonada parceira de há cinco anos, mas uma incapacidade mental impede-o de se aproximar dela. Decidido a rejeitar a medicação aconselhada pelo Dr. Bell, encontra-se enclausurado em casa, apartado do mundo exterior e em progressiva despersonalização. Frequentemente assaltado por um apito ensurdecedor, James vive na companhia das sombras que adornam a parede da sua sala e que assistem ao decorrer de um destino aparentemente irreversível. A alienação da sua vida progride e, no momento em que começa a sair de casa e conhece a sensual e enigmática Cara, a previsibilidade da sua vida altera-se, conduzindo-o a um desfecho enigmático.

360 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2014

About the author

Pat R, is the artistic name of Patrícia Ribeiro. Natural from Évora, Portugal, she lived in the city until she was eighteen, moving then to Lisbon, her home city until now. Having grown in an highly artistic environment since early, she developed a particular taste for music, cinema, photography and literature.


She started writing early, having completed her first extensive work by the age twelve. Since then, she dedicated, incessantly, during her graduation years to writing scripts, novels, poetry and short stories. Her first publication dates from 2014.
She studied Artistic Studies, Marketing and Advertising and Cinema and, in 2014, decided to dedicate herself exclusively to writing.

From various influences in all artistic subjects, stands out, literarily, the work of Charles Bukowski, William S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, J.G. Ballard, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, William Blake, Emílio Zola, Marguerite Duras, Hunter S. Thompson, Philip Roth, Kathy Acker, Irvine Welsh and Bret Easton Ellis, among so many others.