page_title: Os Sertões
hierarchical_section_title: Os Sertões
caption_attribution_description: Português: Capa do livro "Os Sertões", do escritor brasileiro Euclides da Cunha, publicada no ano de 1902 e, portanto, em domínio público em razão de sua idade.
context_page_description: Os Sertões, translated as Rebellion in the Backlands, is a book written by the Brazilian author Euclides da Cunha. Mixing science and literature, the author narrates the story of a war that happened in the end of the 19th century, in Canudos, a settlement of Bahia's Sertão, an extremely arid region where, even now, struggles against poverty, drought and political corruption continue. During the war against the republican army, the sertanejos were commanded by a messianic leader called Antonio Conselheiro.
context_section_description: Os Sertões (Portuguese: [us seʁˈtõjʃ], "the backlands"; 1902), translated as Rebellion in the Backlands, is a book written by the Brazilian author Euclides da Cunha. Mixing science and literature, the author narrates the story of a war that happened in the end of the 19th century, in Canudos, a settlement of Bahia's Sertão ("backland"), an extremely arid region where, even now, struggles against poverty, drought and political corruption continue. During the war (1893–1897) against the republican army, the sertanejos (inhabitants of the backlands) were commanded by a messianic leader called Antonio Conselheiro.
caption: Cover of first edition (paperback)
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