"O Galinheiro" (The Henhouse) is the latest story from The Ivoti Tales, a series that presents vignettes of life from the foothills of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. In this installment, Mauro, the last representative of a respected agricultural family in Ivoti, must confront the stark realities of financial and emotional upheaval that come to a head when he meets an old acquaintance.
Barnabas D Kirk
Barnabas is a British-Brazilian writer, translator, and academic. He currently lives in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, where he is finishing up his PhD thesis in Slavic Literature. Barnabas has taught courses on language and literature at the University of Toronto, and when he has a spare moment, he can be found taking plant cuttings from the gardens of (un)suspecting neighbours.