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| View Approval PreferencesIZAI AMORIM was born and raised in Brazil and spent his adult life abroad, briefly in the USA, mostly in Germany. Trained as an architect and a civil engineer, Izai has worked in real estate and construction, branding and communications, and project management. At home in many languages and cultures, and with a rich and diverse work experience, Izai's fiction has depth and breadth, and his storytelling travels well, reaching a worldwide audience.
BERLIN 2013: U.S.E. POWER GAMES (2024)
This book serves as a timeless literary soundtrack for election years, setting the stage in the fictional United States of Europe during the election year 2013, and depicting the final days of Berlin before its obliteration by an atomic bomb. Marrying cynicism with dark humor, this account reveals a world without heroes, filled with varying degrees of malevolence in a relentless battle of evil against evil. Nevertheless, this is realistic literature, not dystopian fiction.
In this alternative history novel, steeped in political and power intrigues, the least repulsive character is a former terrorist, now on parole, once the most-wanted killer of his time. This reveals much about the other characters: corrupt environmental organizations running extortion schemes; global media networks twisting the truth; secret services going rogue; politicians manipulating public opinion to gain or retain power; and other dubious entities.
While “Berlin 2013: U.S.E. Power Games” is far from an uplifting tale, it is crucial because it shows how disinformation and storytelling are used to forge power structures that answer to no one. Unaccountable power poses a severe threat to democracy and the rule of law. The central question of this story, therefore, is not who committed the act or why but rather how we can stop and reverse the ongoing erosion of democratic values — if indeed that is still possible.
LIBERTY FARM: A FAMILY PORTRAIT (2022)
Set in the semi-arid backlands of northeastern Brazil, spanning one century (1889–1989) and three generations, Liberty Farm is more than a family saga: it’s a complex psychological portrait of family life, intertwined with Brazil’s turbulent history from the birth of the republic to the end of the military dictatorship.
Liberty Farm is a chronicle of family and society; history and geography; life and death; loyalty and justice; truth and connivance. It’s also a tale of love in all of its forms: strongly felt; unreciprocated; withheld; unequally distributed; yearned for; never obtained.
ON THE RUN (2016)
New York City, early 1990s: a young, rich, and well-educated Central American man on the run from the police and Colombian drug dealers. He is accused of crimes he didn’t commit. Ready to do what it takes to survive, Pablo ironically embraces the very drug trade that threatened his life in the first place. Who is he? What is he really capable of? The question of identity is at the heart of On the Run. More than a contemporary story of survival, it’s a journey of self-discovery.
Pablo’s voice is funny, sometimes mean and merciless. He moves with nightmarish ease from recounting his adventures to recollecting his early life. Not always politically correct, On the Run gives you an insightful, twisted, humorous, and often disturbing view of conflicting worlds and beliefs: North and Latin America; black, brown, and white; rich and poor; rational and esoteric – and shows how they mix, match, and clash.
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