It is a collection of short stories by Mário de Carvalho .
Mário de Carvalho is a multifaceted writer who embrace various literary categories without been insert nowhere , his versatile writing lets you walk, be kind of a free entity in terms of style that can cover various types of audiences, readers . I will talk about "freedom in the patio" which at the least is a book that can be described as unusual, not because of the final outcome of the stories themselves, but by the content which in many cases is so implausible that causes the reader some discomfort, a certain perplexity , I would say. The tales sometimes do not really have a beginning , but it can have an end , or not, let's just say the story is there, but there is no pre -established order. The limit is the unlimited imagination , if I may say so. His writing is clear and easy to read , but it leaves a kind of dryness at the end. I know it sounds strange, but there it is, some of the stories are so intense and end so quickly that we were disappointed in some way and we want more and more and more... Do not get me wrong , I enjoyed this little collection , but you must read it and draw your own elations. Good reading.
