Originally published in Portuguese in 2010, His Own Man is a quiet, psychologically taut novel by Brazilian writer Edgard Telles Ribeiro.

Set against the landscape of contemporary Brazil, it follows a man whose carefully maintained routines begin to loosen, breaking through the shifts of memory, perception and moral certainty that shape a life.

The novel accumulates meaning through observation, allowing ordinary encounters and private reflections to gather emotional weight over time. For readers drawn to the introspective tradition of writers such as Javier Marías, W.G. Sebald or João Gilberto Noll, His Own Man offers another compelling example of contemporary literary fiction from Brazil that deserves a wider readership.

Scribe paperback. Australian edition, translated by Kim M. Hastings. Light shelf wear with faint marks to the covers. Internally clean and in very good condition.