Book, Insomnia[LS]

Language: Brazilian Portuguese. "In a new graphic project, Insônia brings together thirteen short stories in which emotional dryness and vocabulary economy are present, characteristics that coexist with the psychological precision of Graciliano Ramos. Originally published in 1947, Insônia is the sixth book by Graciliano Ramos. The work brings together thirteen short stories — “Insônia”, “A thief”, “The hospital clock”, “Paulo”, “Luciana”, “Minsk”, “The prison of J. Carmo Gomes”, “Two fingers”, “The witness” , “Jealousy”, “A Poor Devil”, “Uma Visit” and “Silveira Pereira” — in which themes very dear to the author are evident, such as death, aging and social injustice. Insônia shows how human beings react to situations diverse, revealing their weaknesses and anxieties. The stories in this work are full of existential concerns that offer the reader the possibility of confronting their own reality, always accompanied by the style that consecrated Graciliano Ramos as one of the greatest Brazilian authors, and which is already known to readers: vocabulary economy, emotional dryness and psychological precision. "