Guimarães Rosa’s Grande Sertão: Veredas Marks 70 Years Anchoring Brazilian Letters

Brazil · Life & Culture Key Facts —Publication. João Guimarães Rosa’s only novel was first released by Livraria José Olympio Editora on 16 July 1956. —Structure. The book is a single, nearly 1,000-page monologue narrated by the former jagunço Riobaldo, set in the sertão backlands of Minas Gerais and Bahia. —Global Standing. The novel was…