“A love in a New Venice: Oswaldo and Edith” will be launched this Tuesday at the Oscar Niemeyer Cultural Center in Goiânia
A love story that becomes the pillar for the development of an entire generation. The plot is the central theme of “Love in a New Venice: Oswaldo and Edith”, a literary novel that will be launched this Tuesday (12), at the Oscar Niemeyer Cultural Center, in Goiânia.
The characters are Oswaldo Stival and Edith Peixoto Stival, two Goiás descendants of families that gave rise to the main colony of Italian immigration in the Center-West: Nova Veneza. The book will be released on the day the couple celebrates their 64th wedding anniversary, and is already being scripted to be turned into a film.
A collective work, prepared by doctor Alessandro Rios Stival, grandson of those biographed, and by writers Alberto Araújo and Gercyley Batista, the book narrates how the couple's union boosted dreams and projects, bringing achievements not only personal and family, but also a legacy of contributions social and cultural for the State of Goiás.
“This is a story that highlights the extraordinary ordinary. Away from the spotlight of fame, there are people with life stories worthy of being brought to the general public for their legacy left in the community where they live”, says Alberto Araújo, also a filmmaker, who will be responsible for the major adaptation of the book's script for the recording of the film with a release date in 2020.
Cover of the book “A Love in a New Venice: Oswaldo and Edith”
Work history and success
Oswaldo and Edith got married in 1955 and had five children – today the family has 14 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren. From humble origins, he survived by buying and selling animals at the beginning of his marriage, which required long trips on the back of horses and mules buying cattle in distant cities in the State. He ended up becoming one of the biggest players in agriculture in the country, in addition to being one of the pioneers in the cereal trade in Goiás. She, in turn, dedicated herself to teaching and masterfully played the role of mother and educator.
The couple did not limit themselves to just making their family prosper. After achieving prominence, in 1989, already in their 60s, Oswaldo and Edith accepted the challenge of entering public life in the administration of their hometown, Nova Veneza, to make a contribution to the city founded by their family. As mayor and first lady, they created the Nova Veneza Italian Festival, which became one of the largest in the country and contributed to the recovery of Italian culture in the state.
The book also presents an account of Italian immigration to the Central-West region, where the couple originated. Their grandparents, Italians from the Veneto region, immigrated to Brazil at the end of the 1912th century and, after working in place of slaves on the coffee plantations of São Paulo, settled in Goiás around 30 – thus the “new” Venice emerged in the heart of Brazil, which is now XNUMX kilometers from the capital of Goiás. The historical research was carried out by the writer from the Goiana Academy of Letters, Ubirajara Galli.
For Alessandro Stival, beyond having his personal admiration, Oswaldo and Edith represent an example of partnership that deserves to be shared with the public. “In the times we live in, a couple remaining together for so long, dreaming and developing projects together, one being each other's foundation and contributing to the formation of values of a new society is, certainly, a reference”, he says.
By More Goiás
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