#319 - Natalia Timerman
Summary
Host Marcelo Tasco interviews psychiatrist and writer Natália Timerman about her new novel, *Antes que apague*, which blends fiction with her experience caring for her mother with Alzheimer’s. They discuss her transition from medicine to literature, the ethical complexities of writing about memory loss, and her personal life, including open-water swimming. Timerman reflects on how fiction helps navigate truth, family secrets, and the fragments of identity.
Topics discussed
Introduction: Writer and Psychiatrist Natalia Timerman
Balancing medical practice with literary career
Working in a prison hospital and writing 'Desterros'
The role of psychiatry in understanding reality
Writing residency experience and finding silence
The freedom and challenges of fiction writing
Summary of the novel 'Copa Vazio'
Current reading recommendations and influences
Autobiographical elements in 'Antes que Apague'
Ethics of writing about family secrets and memory
Mother's reaction and the nature of forgetting
Family happiness and the concept of nostalgia
Jewish heritage and childhood in São Paulo
Open water swimming as therapy and challenge
Family life, anxiety, and Corinthians fandom
Final thoughts on life, truth, and fiction
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