Vastlands: The Crossing ／João Guimarães Rosa （Bloomsbury Publishing）

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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY COLM TÓIBÍN 'Dramatic, wildly colourful and continuously interesting' NEW YORK TIMES 'A veritable linguistic tour de force' MARIO VARGAS LLOSA In 1956, Brazilian author João Guimarães Rosa published what would become his magnum opus, Grande Sertao: Veredas. South American literary critics were astounded by this ground-breaking ode to the backlands of Brazil, declaring it the Brazilian Ulysses. Guimarães Rosa's astounding work would take the Latin American literary world by storm. Originally translated as The Devil to Pay in the Backlands in 1963, Vastlands is a single sweeping retrospective monologue from the point of view of Riobaldo, a former jagunço – a mercenary or bandit – recounting his life in the backlands of inland Brazil. Raised in poverty by a single mother, Riobaldo receives a basic education before forging his own path within the deeply embedded machismo of the backlands, buoyed by his incredible military abilities and sheer tenacity. His story is a

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