Professor becomes rising literary star in Brazil with two acclaimed novels

His first novel, “Nosso grão mais fino” (Our Finer Grain), was published in Brazil in 2009. Already known in his homeland as a literary scholar with two books of literary criticism already published and a third due out soon, Passos won recognition with the release of his novel as a serious fiction writer in Brazil for the first time. It was well-reviewed by Brazilian literary critics — many of whom are contemporary Brazilian authors — and established him as an important member of the country’s younger generation of writers.
Passos’ second novel, “O sonâmbulo amador” (The Amateur Sleepwalker), was published in Brazil in October 2012 to universal critical acclaim. The novel was, for example, immediately included in the “best books of 2012” listings of all the major Brazilian newspapers. Passos spent 2013 speaking by invitation at literary festivals and book fairs throughout Brazil, including the country’s oldest international book festival, FLIP (Festa Literária Internacional de Paraty).
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