{"product_id":"9781804270851-1","title":"What Is Mine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA genre-bending and thought-provoking examination of capitalism and cancer – and recent Brazilian history – based on the author's interviews with his truck driver father.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWhat Is Mine\u003c\/i\u003e, sociologist José Henrique Bortoluci uses interviews with his father, Didi, to retrace the recent history of Brazil and of his family. From the mid-1960s to the mid-2010s, Didi’s work as a truck driver took him away from home for long stretches at a time as he crisscrossed the country and participated in huge infrastructure projects including the Trans-Amazonian Highway, a scheme spearheaded by the military dictatorship of the time, undertaken through brutal deforestation. \u003cbr\u003e     \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn observer of history, Didi also recounts the toll his work has taken on his health, from a heart attack in middle age to the cancer that defines his retirement. Bortoluci weaves the history of a nation with that of a man, uncovering parallels between cancer and capitalism – both sustained by expansion, both embodiments of ‘the gospel of growth at any cost’ – and tracing the distance that class has placed between him and his father. Influenced by authors such as Annie Ernaux and Svetlana Alexievich, is a moving, thought-provoking and brilliantly constructed examination of the scars we carry, as people and as countries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback | 144 pages | 5.10\" x 7.69\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"José Henrique Bortoluci","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46703518777576,"sku":"9781804270851x","price":30.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0386\/5896\/5549\/files\/BNCImageAPI_b745e95d-9a56-43d2-b27a-96bd0afa90c7.jpg?v=1726411656","url":"https:\/\/typebooks.live\/products\/9781804270851-1","provider":"TYPE Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}