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Twenty After Midnight
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A dark and masterful portrait of a generation in crisis, from one of the most exciting young voices in international literature
The world had been theirs in the late 90s: they were the young provocateurs behind a countercultural scene, digital bohemians creating a new future. But fifteen years later, Duke, the leader and undisputed genius of their group, has been murdered, and the three remaining members of their circle reunite to piece together what became of their lives and how they fell so short of their expectations.
Now in their thirties, Aurora, Antero, and Emiliano have succumbed to the pressures of adulthood, the exigencies of carving out a life in a country that is fraying at the seams. Reunited after years of long-held grudges and painful crushes, the three try to resurrect the spirit of the all-night parties and early morning trysts, the protests and pornography of their youths. Lurking over them, as they puzzle out their fates, is the question of whether or not there is a future for them to believe in, or if the end has already arrived.
Twenty After Midnight is a portrait of the first generation of the digital age, a group that was promised everything but handed a fractured world. Daniel Galera has written a pre-apocalyptic tale of millennial longings.
The world had been theirs in the late 90s: they were the young provocateurs behind a countercultural scene, digital bohemians creating a new future. But fifteen years later, Duke, the leader and undisputed genius of their group, has been murdered, and the three remaining members of their circle reunite to piece together what became of their lives and how they fell so short of their expectations.
Now in their thirties, Aurora, Antero, and Emiliano have succumbed to the pressures of adulthood, the exigencies of carving out a life in a country that is fraying at the seams. Reunited after years of long-held grudges and painful crushes, the three try to resurrect the spirit of the all-night parties and early morning trysts, the protests and pornography of their youths. Lurking over them, as they puzzle out their fates, is the question of whether or not there is a future for them to believe in, or if the end has already arrived.
Twenty After Midnight is a portrait of the first generation of the digital age, a group that was promised everything but handed a fractured world. Daniel Galera has written a pre-apocalyptic tale of millennial longings.
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“Wow. Beautiful, cynnical, full of shitty people acting out their vile impulses. I loved this.
I resonated deeply with Aurora & her disillusion, her belief that we are living through the end of everything, her loneliness.
This little diatribe delivered by Anterro, a self important ad-man stuck in the peak of his beauty and youth really stuck with me:
"At the height of the so-called June Days, demonstrations oragnized by the Left in protest of the fare hike had morphed into cathartic movements against corruption, the World Cup, the wrongs committed against minorities, and everything else that was fucked up about humanity and our country...Even though my heart had been with the voices on the street, my motivation that afternoon was primarily ethnographic. I had wanted to see the march with my own eyes, to watch people and feel their energy on my skin, to capture their desires, dreams, aspirations, and frustrations as accurately as possible. After all, they were our near future consumers, and it was important for me to understand which products and ideas would best suit their egos and desires."
Now that's the kind of person you can revel in schadenfreude over, no?”
Chrissie
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“3.75 ⭐️s. I wasn’t sure what to expect from this book, but I was pleasantly surprised with incredibly rich detail and a surprise ending. I enjoyed this novel, though I’d have liked some parts expanded a bit - the book was nearly over by the time I was really hooked.
Galera explores the advancement and regression in myriad ways - societally, technologically, ecologically, personally and interpersonally. Growth always comes with a cost, whether it’s growth of our civilization and the cost to our planet, or the ways personal growth can wreak havoc on relationships.
Galera brilliantly portrays the somewhat dichotomous nature of “advancement” and leads the reader to consider what truly constitutes advancement.”
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About Daniel Galera
Daniel Galera is a Brazilian writer and translator. He was born in São Paulo, but lives in Porto Alegre, where he has spent most of his life. He has published five novels in Brazil to great acclaim, including The Shape of Bones and Blood-Drenched Beard, which was awarded the 2013 São Paulo Literature Prize. In 2013 Granta named Galera one of the Best Young Brazilian Novelists and in 2017 he was chosen by Freeman's as one of the international authors representing the future of new writing. He has translated the work of Zadie Smith, John Cheever, and David Mitchell into Portuguese.
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