The acclaimed Brazilian author's prize-winning, "captivating and] impeccably structured novel" of a therapist and the trans patient he lost (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Armando, one...

The acclaimed Brazilian author's prize-winning, "captivating and] impeccably structured novel" of a therapist and the trans patient he lost (Publishers Weekly, starred review).

Armando, one of the most renowned therapists in S o Paulo, is nearing the end of a long, illustrious career. Against his better judgment he agrees to take on a new patient: Sergio, the teenage son of a wealthy Brazilian businessman. Sergio suffers from malaise and his parents are concerned. But after a number of sessions, Sergio abruptly interrupts his course of therapy following a trip to New York, saying only that he has found his own path to happiness and must pursue it alone.
Though perplexed, Armando lets the matter rest without further ado. That is, until he learns from the boy's mother that Sergio has moved to New York in order to become Sandra. Shocked by this revelation and disappointed in his own lack of awareness, Armando embarks on a journey to discover the truth about his former patient--and about himself.Winner of the Paran Literary Prize for Best Novel, Sergio Y. is "a beautiful, moving, profound book . . . Wonderfully accomplished and subtle" (Andrew Solomon, author of Far from the Tree).

Author: Alexandre Vidal Porto
Publisher: Europa Editions
Published: 05/03/2016
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.30w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781609453275


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/07/2016

About the Author
Alexandre Vidal Porto was born in São Paulo. A career diplomat, a Harvard-trained lawyer, and a human rights activist, he writes a regular column for Folha de S. Paulo. His fiction has appeared in some of the most respected literary publications in Brazil and also abroad. Sergio Y. was the winner of the Parana Literary Prize for best novel.

Alex Ladd's translations include The Mystery of Rio, by Alberto Mussa (Europa Editions), Life As It Is by Nelson Rodrigues (Host Publications, 2009), The Asphalt Kiss by Nelson Rodrigues (Nova Fronteira, 2007), and Nestor Campoeira's The Little Capoeira Book (North Atlantic Books). He lives in New York.