Sociedade Recreativa

Valter Hugo Mãe (3x13)

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This Easter, Sílvia Alberto meets Valter Hugo Mãe at the Museu da Misericórdia in Porto. The writer chose the painting "Fonte de Vida" (Fountain of Life) as the backdrop for a delightful conversation. He doesn't consider himself Catholic, but he believes in the historical existence of Christ and in the powers of Saint Benedict, who cured him of a childhood illness. Now that he has just published two books—Publication of Mortality and a brand-new edition of Paradise is the Others—he confesses that "there's a trauma at the end of the book." At 46, he has yet to fulfill his greatest desire of fatherhood and is preparing for a new journey, always accompanied by his memoirs.