Superb Sentences: Caio Fernando Abreu

A series of beautiful phrases, sentences, and excerpts from Brazilian literature leading up to Brazil’s National Day of the Book on October 29.

From his short story “Sob o céu de Saigon” (“Under the Saigon sky”), published in 1989: “Porque o mundo, apesar de redondo, tem muitas esquinas”

Because the world, although round, has a lot of corners