He is the author of four novels and a number of uncollected short stories. Vidal Porto is a career diplomat, Harvard-trained lawyer, and advocate for sexual minority rights. He is a frequent contributor to Folha de S. Paulo, the leading Brazilian newspaper, for which he wrote a weekly column from to Currently, he works and lives in Amsterdam.
Mixing historical facts with wild fable, the author discusses current issues without ever losing his ironic verve. In Brazil, with his past erased, Delgado reinvents himself as a merchant, enters into a sham marriage and throws himself into carnal delights with the beautiful young men who cross his path.
Up to what point is it possible to hide from oneself? This is a small study on the irresistible force of sexuality.
Constantino is a dead narrator. In the limbo where he finds himself, he revisits decisive facts of his life— up to his unexpected death at age fifty. He married his teenage sweetheart Debora and fathered two children. A tragic accident destroys the fragile balance which he maintained, and he is suddenly confronted with his homosexuality. Through the voices of Constantino and his family and friends, Alexandre Vidal Porto presents a clear narrative that is needed in times like ours—when to be oneself is often an act of courage.
Sergio Y. After a trip to New York, his year-old patient Sergio decides to quit therapy abruptly. For years Armando is left with no clue of what happened to his patient, until he learns that he is living a fulfilled life in New York — as Sandra.
