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Do Amor
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Published January 1, 2017
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September 11, 2018
Love is analogous. And Jader has this gift, transforming chapters of the real-life novel into examples of how love is multifaceted and not necessarily a sugary story. Love is silly, has disagreements, has discontent, has memory and is overestimated. The love life in this word play becomes a cake tent or the bakery that closes. The darned of love is to to bend over backwards and live every nuance of it.
O amor é análogo. E o Jader tem esse dom, transformar capítulos da novela da vida real em exemplos de como o amor é multifacetado e não necessariamente uma história açucarada. O amor é bobo, tem desencontros, tem desafetos, tem lembrança e é superestimado. A vida amorosa nessa brincadeira de palavras se torna uma barraca de pastel ou a padaria que se fecha. O danado do amor é fazer das tripas coração e viver cada nuance do mesmo.
O amor é análogo. E o Jader tem esse dom, transformar capítulos da novela da vida real em exemplos de como o amor é multifacetado e não necessariamente uma história açucarada. O amor é bobo, tem desencontros, tem desafetos, tem lembrança e é superestimado. A vida amorosa nessa brincadeira de palavras se torna uma barraca de pastel ou a padaria que se fecha. O danado do amor é fazer das tripas coração e viver cada nuance do mesmo.
October 26, 2025
To decide to talk about love is to risk falling into cliché at any moment; after all, where can one find new nuances, new perspectives, new situations involving a theme that has been so thoroughly explored since the beginning of time? But love, ah, love..., it has this ability to present itself in multiple ways, in the most diverse relationships and people. And that is precisely what Jader Pires does in Do Amor, a collection of 50 short stories published on Papo de Homem, plus three previously unpublished ones.
The texts present stories and reflections on the different forms through which love manifests itself, from the mature couple who reunite years after their relationship ended to the teenagers who, experiencing love for the first time, claim they will never have another partner.
Throughout the reading, two specific characteristics of this work caught my attention: the first was the urban and everyday setting, where love flourishes despite the environment's apparent aridity; the second was the resignation of some characters, who understood, in a calm or painful way, that love is not absolute and can, indeed, end.
From time to time, I shared with the author some impressions regarding my favorite texts, and from the brief discussions that unfolded about the characters' attitudes and feelings, I can comfortably conclude that the theme of love, cliché or not, is inexhaustible, which makes me even more eager to read Do Amor vol. 2, which is waiting for me there on the shelf.
P.S.: listen to the Podcast Do Amor, where Jader interprets some of the texts that make up the collection.
The texts present stories and reflections on the different forms through which love manifests itself, from the mature couple who reunite years after their relationship ended to the teenagers who, experiencing love for the first time, claim they will never have another partner.
Throughout the reading, two specific characteristics of this work caught my attention: the first was the urban and everyday setting, where love flourishes despite the environment's apparent aridity; the second was the resignation of some characters, who understood, in a calm or painful way, that love is not absolute and can, indeed, end.
From time to time, I shared with the author some impressions regarding my favorite texts, and from the brief discussions that unfolded about the characters' attitudes and feelings, I can comfortably conclude that the theme of love, cliché or not, is inexhaustible, which makes me even more eager to read Do Amor vol. 2, which is waiting for me there on the shelf.
P.S.: listen to the Podcast Do Amor, where Jader interprets some of the texts that make up the collection.
January 4, 2022
Jader tem um talento muito particular de escrever sobre o amor de forma tão livre, direta e escancarada, que cutuca feridas, evoca lembranças e sempre deixa a gente com gostinho de quero mais. Coletânea de 50 contos lançados no site Papo de Homem que foi onde o conheci, reler na forma física é quase como encontrar antigos amigos (ou antigos amores)
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