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As pequenas chances

of Natalia Timerman

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Synopsis

While waiting for her flight at the airport, Natalia runs into Felipe, the palliative care doctor who treated her father, Artur, who passed away a few years earlier. Through their conversation, the narrator reflects on her loss and recalls the events surrounding her father’s death. We follow the small gestures and events that make up the portrait of Artur’s physical decline and its effects on the family, from the news that his illness had returned to the final moments of his life. As her father’s death becomes imminent, Natalia’s sister, who works on an offshore platform, receives the news and struggles to get home in time to say goodbye. In the present, still grappling with her grief, Natalia concludes the book with an account of her trip to Ukraine in search of her origins.

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why we recorded it

"As pequenas chances" blends essayistic reflection, fiction, and reality with successful narrative skills to compose a moving account of memory, tradition, mourning, and family ties. Sensitive and sharp, this novel by Natalia Timerman describes the details of mourning and unravels family ties and mutual support in the face of death. The protagonist, Natalia, is a woman with no religious ties who comes into contact with the practices of Shiva—the Jewish mourning period—which help her cope with the pain of her father's loss. This loss is described with delicate beauty and reflection.

This powerful work of autofiction, in the tradition of the best authors of the genre, makes us think not only about the losses we experience but also about the permanence of love. Supersônica recorded "As pequenas chances" in partnership with Todavia in the voice of Natalia Timerman herself.

Natalia Timerman read by Natalia Timerman

Natalia Timerman was born in 1981 in São Paulo. She holds a degree in psychiatry from Unifesp, a master's degree in psychology from USP, and is currently pursuing a PhD in Literary Theory and Comparative Literature at the same university. She also studied creative writing at the Vera Cruz Institute. She is the author of "Desterros – Histórias de um hospital-prisão" (Todavia, 2025), the short story collection "Rachaduras" (Quelônio, 2019), nominated for the Jabuti Prize, and the novels "Copo vazio" and "As pequenas chances" (Todavia, 2021; 2023).

author Natalia Timerman

Natalia Timerman was born in 1981 in São Paulo. She holds a degree in psychiatry from Unifesp, a master's degree in psychology from USP, and is currently pursuing a PhD in Literary Theory and Comparative Literature at the same university. She also studied creative writing at the Vera Cruz Institute. She is the author of "Desterros – Histórias de um hospital-prisão" (Todavia, 2025), the short story collection "Rachaduras" (Quelônio, 2019), nominated for the Jabuti Prize, and the novels "Copo vazio" and "As pequenas chances" (Todavia, 2021; 2023).

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