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@astralstreeting I think you could read any of them without reading the others, they're not too dependent on each other overall. The sixth one is quite different from the others though, it's a lot more meta and covers his process of writing the books and fallout with various family and then he just sorta goes off the rails and talks about writing and philosophy and Hitler for a few hundred pages, I lost steam around then. So I switched to audiobook and listened while working the xmas rush to power through it... I was pretty determined to finish. But I didn't enjoy this one. Truly my struggle lol.

@Carnivalesque yeah, I was also a bit intimidated. Its definitely intense but very readable!

This was incredibly good. I was totally transported into a time and place that I know very little about, and feel changed by the experience, which is pretty much the crux of why I like reading.

Learning more about the author, his perspective on writing the book and how it intervenes in contemporary Brazilian politics has also been cool (one of many interesting interviews/articles: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article/2023-09/reading-to-coexist-a-conversation-with-itamar-vieira-junior-ana-laura-malmaceda/)

This book is so much harder than the other ones. And soo much longer. Also the first half is translated by a different person? I am struggling a bit.

@realityasylum@kolektiva.social yeah it is definitely very disorienting at the start and hard to get into. I'd recommend just pushing through a bit and don't worry too much if you don't totally understand what's happening!

Last time I read this was at least 15 years ago, its weirder and even more fun than I remembered.