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Sara Duarte Brandão had already won the Cidade de Almada Literary Prize in the novel category in 2023 for the same book, which has now earned her the Wook Prize by unanimous decision.
'Misericórdia' stemmed from a request by the author's mother, who died on 19 April 2020 and was one of the first victims of COVID-19 in the south of the country.
Could life coexist with death? What can we know? The limits of science and language are tested. Abraço is a novel that reads like a prayer — without God, but with faith in language.
