Cristovão Tezza Faces His Own Father's Story

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When he was 20 years old and in the military, João Batista Tezza began transcribing the letters he sent and received into a school notebook. He didn't seem to have any literary ambition; the impulse was more that of an archivist than a writer. An impulse that lasted almost three decades and 26 notebooks, until João Batista died in a scooter accident in 1959. These notebooks are the origin of “Visita ao pai” (Visit to the Father), a book that Cri…