"Far from the Villages" by Robertson Frizero is a novel about a young man digging into his family's Muslim past, who sought refuge in Brazil from the ravages of war during his childhood. Through his mother's delirium, burdened by illness, and his aunt's storytelling attempts to forget, Emanuel searches for his missing father, trying to rescue him from the ruins of war and oblivion of the past. The author delves into the human psyche with concise, agile language, making every sentence in the book a story in itself. The author involves us in writing this exquisite novel that touches readers' hearts, emphasizing that pain, loss, and abandonment are shared human experiences. Robertson Frizero is a Brazilian novelist, playwright, and poet. His first novel, "Far from the Villages", was published in 2015, warmly received by readers and critics, and awarded the Book of the Year by AGES Authors' Association. It was shortlisted for the São Paulo Prize and the Açorianos Prize.