Black Waltz
Patricia Melo
Jealousy – overpowering, beyond the reach of reason, Othello-like – is the focus of this latest work by one of Brazil’s most acclaimed writers. A successful and renowned conductor of a major symphony orchestra in São Paulo is married to a beautiful and talented violinist, close to thirty years his junior. But his happiness is undermined by two fears: that he will never wholly share her life because, unlike her, he is not Jewish; and that she will be unfaithful to him. Jealousy – beyond the reach of reason – haunts his every moment, gnawing at his trust, his love, and ultimately his sanity. "Black Waltz" opens a fascinating and harrowing window into a mind bordering on paranoia and psychosis.