{"product_id":"depois-de-morrer-aconteceram-me-muitas-coisas","title":"After I died, many things happened to me","description":"\u003cp data-end=\"1001\" data-start=\"0\"\u003ePublished in 2009, the book follows a man who, after dying, continues to live—or something close to it—in an everyday existence that blends the absurd, the comic, and the tragic. Here, death is neither an end nor a transcendence; it is a disconcerting extension of life, with all its confusion and irony.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1001\" data-start=\"0\"\u003eRicardo Adolfo transforms a universal theme into a deeply contemporary experience: the feeling of living in a world where everything seems post-life, depersonalized, saturated, and directionless. The fragmented, darkly humorous narrative exposes the banality of everyday life. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1001\" data-start=\"0\"\u003eThe author dismantles the idea of redemption, rejects sentimentality, and reveals the grotesque hidden in small routines. \u003cem data-end=\"864\" data-start=\"817\"\u003eAfter I Died, a Lot of Things Happened\u003c\/em\u003e is a book about the absurdity of modern existence, where dying may be just another way of continuing to live without knowing why.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1561\" data-start=\"1003\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRicardo Adolfo (b. 1974) \u003c\/strong\u003ewas born in Luanda and grew up in Lisbon. He is a novelist, screenwriter, and advertising copywriter, and has lived between Amsterdam and Tokyo, geographies reflected in the cosmopolitan and ironic tone of his writing. His work is distinguished by its vivid language, characters who move on the margins, and subtle critique of the illusions of urban and contemporary life. Adolfo writes with humor, but without complacency: he uses the absurd to illuminate reality. Between bewilderment and lucidity, he has become one of the most original voices in contemporary Portuguese fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Companhia das Letras","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51914951786762,"sku":null,"price":16.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0735\/2729\/6266\/files\/depois-de-morrer-aconteceram-me-muitas-coisasCL33351-scaled.webp?v=1760005082","url":"https:\/\/www.malditalivraria.com\/en\/products\/depois-de-morrer-aconteceram-me-muitas-coisas","provider":"Maldita Livraria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}