Cangaceiros
Subtitle: romance
By: José Lins do Rego ; estudo de Antonio Carlos Villaça.
Contributors: Villaça, Antonio Carlos.
Edition: 9a. ed.
Publisher: J. Olympio Editora
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Rio de Janeiro, RJ, República Federativa do Brasil
Language: por
Number of pages: 248
Subjects: Outlaws -- Fiction.; Brazil, Northeast -- Fiction.
Description: "With an introduction by Villaça, this 9th edition of Cangaceiros retains the same interest as an epic of the Brazilian sertão as it did when first published in 1953 (see HLAS 19:5325). Author uncovered the state of abandon of the Northeast rural population left at the mercy of the cangaceiros, the outlaws of the sertão. At the same time, in a realistic mode he conveys some of their opposing traits: spirituality and cruelty, lyricism and rawness. The fictional intimacy of the author with his mercurial characters filled the imagination of Brazilians and then worldwide readers following translation of the novel into German, French, and Spanish"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: "Dados biobibliográficos do autor": p. vii-xii.