Alberto Pimenta -Discurso sobre o Filho-da-Puta

Discurso sobre o Filho-da-Puta (Discourse on the Son of a Bitch), by Alberto Pimenta, is a biting and provocative essay, first published in 1977, which dissects the figure of the “son of a bitch” as a social and political archetype.

Blending academic tone with sharp satire, Pimenta delivers a short but devastatingly precise text that questions power, language and the normalisation of cruelty in everyday life. An uncomfortable, relevant and strikingly lucid work that continues to challenge readers decades after its release.