Book, Alexander and other heroes[LS]

Language: Brazilian Portuguese. Graciliano Ramos unites the real with the imaginary, leaving the reader to demarcate the border between other territories in this new edition of his classic work.Alexandre and other heroes brings folk stories about heroes and greatness – all of them implausible. “In a way, the work represents a surrender by Graciliano Ramos, who decided to give pause to the forcefulness with which he sought to reveal the inhospitable conditions of the region in which he was born. The reader leaves the pages with the impression that the author has momentarily interrupted his combative disposition and sought to live with the reality that he so desired to transform. After pursuing the imaginative plot in his texts, the fiction writer would now accept even the anecdote. Drama gave way to humor and the exotic. Alexandre’s personality, well crafted, is the main beam that supports the entire narrative”, as Rui Mourão wrote in the Afterword of the work.