{"product_id":"what-is-mine","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.\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.\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","brand":"Ingram Publisher Services","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47760690479261,"sku":null,"price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/8783\/5037\/files\/whatismine.jpg?v=1774474956","url":"https:\/\/postcardbookshop.com\/products\/what-is-mine","provider":"Postcard Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}