Books: Joana Bértholo, a saving narrator with faith in the power of stories
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Books: Joana Bértholo, a saving narrator with faith in the power of stories

Expresso9 September 2026 at 18:20

Joana Bértholo is presented as a narrator who believes in the saving power of stories. The author explores themes that obsess her in her works, including human bonds, climate collapse, and dialogue with other arts.

Her fiction transitions between diverse settings, from Cabo Verde to the HFLS3 galaxy, demonstrating an imaginative breadth that crosses geographies and universes. This ability to create narratives that jump between different worlds and contexts is described as one of her distinctive characteristics.

The article highlights her faith in the "tremendous power of stories" as a central element of her artistic vision. This belief in the transformative capacity of narrative seems to guide her entire literary production and the way she approaches the themes that concern her.

Joana Bértholo thus emerges as a literary voice that combines the exploration of urgent issues, such as the climate crisis and human relationships, with an imaginative and transcendent approach that seeks in storytelling a form of intervention and meaning.

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