Listen free for 30 days
Listen with offer
-
Antonio
- My 804 days in an Iranian prison
- Narrated by: Joan Walker, Luis Soto, Saul Reichlin
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
Failed to add items
Add to basket failed.
Add to wishlist failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
$0.00 for first 30 days
Buy Now for £12.99
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Summary
Benjamim, a young man on the cusp of fatherhood, discovers a disturbing family secret: before his father was born, his paternal grandfather had a child with Benjamim's mother.
With both men dead, Benjamim turns to three of their confidantes to piece together his family history: Haroldo, his grandfather's best friend; Isabel, his grandmother; and Raul, a friend from his father's youth. Through their conflicting testimonies, full of blind spots and contradictions, Benjamim will gradually learn of the secrets and conflicts that shattered his wealthy family; of his father's search for meaning in the poverty of the backlands, and of his slide into madness. In prose of great subtlety and penetrating insight, Beatriz Bracher builds an indelible portrait of a family and a society in decay.
Critic reviews
"Bracher brilliantly picks away at the web of secrets and lies plaguing a family and country." (New York Times)
"Bracher takes a dazzling look at the invisible burdens that haunt a well-to-do family in contemporary Brazil.... Bracher simultaneously pulls off a searing portrait of class in São Paulo...and of both hereditary trauma and family tenderness. This spellbinding and surprising work announced Bracher as one of the most fascinating contemporary Brazilian writers." (Publishers Weekly)
"Bracher crafts a layered story which brims with mystery and tension...a darkly poetic and deeply moving tragedy." (Asymptote)
More from the same
Love Books? You'll Love Audible.
![Transform your day](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/Audible/en_US/anon/UseCase_Cooking_16x9_2x.png)
Transform your day
Replace endless scrolling with endless listening. Chores can be fun.
![Listen everywhere](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/Audible/en_US/anon/UseCase_Driving_16x9_2x.png)
Listen everywhere
You can’t turn pages while you drive—but you can press play.
![Carry your entire Library](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/Audible/en_US/anon/UseCase_Walking_16x9_2x.png)
Carry your entire Library
Your stories go where you go. Audiobooks don’t weigh a thing.
![Listen and learn](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/Audible/en_US/anon/UseCase_Exercising_16x9_2x.png)
Listen and learn
Discover stories that can change your mind, your well-being, and your life.
![Reach your reading goals](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/Audible/en_US/anon/UseCase_Celebrating_16x9_2x.png)
Reach your reading goals
Download titles to listen offline, wherever you are in the world.
![Find your niche](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/Audible/en_US/anon/UseCase_Sitting_16x9_2x.png)
Find your niche
WIth thousands of titles to explore, there’s something for everyone.