José Carlos Eiras, Author at José Carlos Eiras

Rope Pump

José Carlos Eiras Business, Entertainment April 11, 2021

I opened the door and left because it was hotter inside the cab of that pickup truck then outdoors. You couldn’t hear any rustling sound from the coffee trees’ leaves, there was not even a small breeze. The sun was so hot I could ...Read More

The Branch Office

José Carlos Eiras Business, Entertainment April 10, 2021

I hesitated before picking up the phone, I knew I had to call, but feared the conversation would be difficult. We were more than co-workers, we were friends, I worked at headquarters and he at the branch, our boss was the same. He often ...Read More

In & Of Itself

José Carlos Eiras Entertainment April 6, 2021

We left the theater with our heads spinning, wondering if the brick would be right there on that corner. We didn’t go to see, we missed the opportunity to find out if what we had seen in the theater was true or a real ...Read More

Covid Times

José Carlos Eiras Entertainment, Health April 6, 2021

The pandemic we’re living in changed my life and also my wife’s life. We stay home, don’t go out regularly for breakfast. Restaurant for lunch or dinner, don’t even talk, almost never and yet only when restaurant offers tables outside, respects social distancing and ...Read More

Piassava’s Broom

José Carlos Eiras Entertainment April 4, 2021

When I was six years old I fell madly in love with Bianca. At that age is when the memory of most people begins to form. I say most people because my sister swears she remembers facts that happened when she was three years ...Read More

The Little Candle Usher

José Carlos Eiras Entertainment April 4, 2021

The audience that shortly before had shouted, booed, kicked chairs now exploded in applause and happy shouts. Certain things, certain facts we do not forget and over time it seems they become clearer in our memory. We can easily forget what happened yesterday, but ...Read More

President, The Myth

José Carlos Eiras Politics April 4, 2021

The president’s story, who is admired and worshiped by many, was over time showing defects, grooves, then severe cracks. Today I realize that what I knew about him was largely a myth that would undoubtedly suffer more damage if he had not died so ...Read More

Character Without Owner

José Carlos Eiras Entertainment March 21, 2021

The door opened, I entered the hall with my high school colleagues and didn’t understand what was in front of me. At that time high school came after elementary school, there was no mid-school. Who took us there, was my chemistry and physics teacher, ...Read More

Framed

José Carlos Eiras Entertainment March 21, 2021

Despite having good writers, Brazil has not yet won the literature Nobel Prize. Several of its Latin American brothers won. There were six in all. Chileans Gabriela Mistral (1945) and Pablo Neruda (1971), Guatemalan Miguel Ángel Asturias (1967), Colombian Gabriel García Márquez (1982), Mexican ...Read More

I Want To Be A Sea Slug

José Carlos Eiras Entertainment, Health March 21, 2021

My life has been very active so far, but I fear for the future of my body. The heart is not the same, the left knee has been replaced with titanium, blood pressure is high, the kidneys and gallbladder are producing stones. I know ...Read More

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