Description
A man must love his existence to the point where he desires to repeat it for all eternity, says Nietzsche. And I must concur. Find out (not that you asked) what it felt like to grow up in São Paulo, the largest city in South America, in the 70s and 80s. A story of isolation and freedom, growing pains, insecurity, discovering love and heartbreak, and the adventures and exploits of a boy who never really felt like he fit in. But then again, does any of us? Leave all your preconceived notions of otherness behind as Stanley develops into manhood without much in the way of traumatic experiences to make this book a testament to survival or the redemptive power of suffering. Read as he goes on and on about growing up free-range in an often unsupervised environment, about the music of the day, the pop culture of the day, about falling in and out of love, and about the inner workings of his mind, mostly. Abandon all prejudice (veiled or otherwise) all ye who enter here.
Reminiscing
