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I was afraid of the race of men. In several instances in the novel, Riobaldo was faced with a decision to choose between what he perceived as right and what he knew to be wrong. A single word from him could decide the fate of an innocent young woman. A single bullet could pass judgement on the life of a man or a horse or a dog. When Riobaldo pulled the trigger, he knew his entire being decided it, not just his hand: What I know is, it returned Adam to dust. That's just my way of talking. In many instances he denied the existence of the devil, in others he subscribed wholly to the concept and was even willing to make a pact with the "dark side".
The power to do good and evil resides in any one of us, but it is regulated not only by the societal rules and legal frameworks governing our actions, but by the God of our chosen religion. Are devil and God then mere labels for acts of men? God exists, yes, slowly or suddenly. He acts, all right—but almost wholly through the medium of persons, good and bad. The awesome things of this world! The backlands are a powerful weapon. Is God a trigger?
Veredas that is still cinematic and powerful despite its apparent shortcomings. The novel recounts the violent wars raging in the hinterlands of Brazil. Riobaldo freely confesses his story and his candid thoughts and in the process betrays his philosophical meditations on various existential and spiritual questions: One of my favorite quotes: Write it in your notebook, sir: View all 13 comments.
The Devil to Pay is the first Brazilian novel that I've ever read and it is one of the most explicit and beautiful explorations of gender and sexuality in literature: It's a shame that it's out of print. In short, the narrator is Riobaldo who, like Scheherazade from One Thousand and One Nights, seems to be storytelling as away to save his life. The narrative is winding, out of order, repetitive and somewhat unreliable but it functions as a way to learn The Devil to Pay is the first Brazilian novel that I've ever read and it is one of the most explicit and beautiful explorations of gender and sexuality in literature: The narrative is winding, out of order, repetitive and somewhat unreliable but it functions as a way to learn about Riobaldo's two true passions: And who is the calm and speechless listener to whom Riobaldo narrates his tale?
It must be the devil to whom Riobaldo fears that he accidentally sold his soul in order to become leader of a large group of jacuncos when, one night when he can't stand his burning passion for Diadorim's body, he walks out to the crossroad and beseeches the devil to erase his fears so that he can be the hero to lead his men to avenge the death of Diadorim's father, Joca Ramiro. Riobaldo loves to be in love, but the first time he falls in love it is with a nameless boy -- later, we learn that this boy was Diadorim -- whom he spies across the way at market.
The boy invites Riobaldo out on a boat with him and Riobaldo is very scared because he can't swim. He is intoxicated by the boy's blunt courage on the boat as it rocks violently. He asks, "Aren't you ever scared? They arrive on a bank where they hide in the grass to enjoy each other's company. The boy teaches Riobaldo about birds, particularly the long-, red-legged birds that come to symbolize the men's deep love for each other as they grow older.
Later, Riobaldo's mother dies and he is sent to live with his "godfather" who is really his dead-beat dad. When he finds out he abandons his rich father and takes refuge in the dangerous sertao backlands where life is hard. He falls in with a band of jacuncos headed by the intellectual Ze Bebelo but he leaves them due to his distaste for their violence. He ends up in the cottage of a group of supporters of Ze Bebelo's enemy where he sees Diadorim again. His burning passion for Diadorim prompts him to join these jacuncos and travel with them until he grows old, so that he can be close to his friend.
In some of the most beautiful phrases I have ever read about love, Riobaldo tells his listener the devil?
Diadorim and Riobaldo are two of the bravest and most violent fighters among the jacuncos. They live and breathe war. Riobaldo is a sharp-shooter. He never misses and is the team's prize player. Diadorim is the bravest hand-to-hand fighter with courage like a lion. These two men are probably the most "manly" characters next to Hemingway's figures. Diadorim observes of Riobaldo: There is no doubt in the text, ever, about their manhood. Literature never knew more "masculine" characters. At the same time, their romantic love for each other is unparalleled.
They yearn, independently, for what they believe that they can never have. No matter how bad the yearning, neither Diadorim nor Riobaldo give in to their feelings with physical action. Only once, before their last battle in which Diadorim dies, does Riobaldo shyly call his lover "My loved-one," to which Diadorim feigns anger. They play with each other like this, repelling that which they desire most. Literature has never known more beautiful a love than that which Riobaldo and Diadorim share. What is most lovely about it is their futile resistance to it: Of all the affective experiences that describe the two love-birds, fear and shame are paramount for Riobaldo.
In this way, his love -- and Diadorim himself -- are demonized to a certain extent, suggesting that the real devil to whom Riobaldo has sold his soul is Diadorim: Riobaldo constantly asks, "could love be sent by the Devil? Nevertheless, their love blossoms with time rather than diminishes. What persists, also, is Riobaldo's debate about the justness of his love: Let him be near me and I lacked for nothing. Let him frown or look sad, and I would lose my peace of mind.
Let him be far from me, and I thought only of him. And did I myself, then, no understand what this was? I know that I did. I didn't really want to understand it. And in me a desire to get as close to him as I could, a craving almost to inhale the odor of his body, of his arms, which at times I madly imagined. This temptation made me feel weak, and I upbraided myself severely" What Riobaldo feels for Diadorim is like nothing else due, in part, to Diadorim's nature as truly "different from everyone else" Indeed, when his corpse is laid on the table Riobaldo sees that he is actually a woman.
Riobaldo says that "every girl is gentle, white, and dainty" , yet the bravest and most violent of all men is actually a woman, Maria Diadora.
In The Devil to Pay, however, Diadorim's gender is not really of much concern. Riobaldo, for example, reveals Diadorim's gender at the end. He continues to call her "him" and doesn't make the kind of observations that one might expect -- such as surprise or a rethinking of gender roles. Rather, the truth of Diadorim's body reveals only one truth to Riobaldo: Un libro che forse non avrei mai letto, o che avrei letto in un altro momento, se non fossi stato trascinato pigro come sono ho sempre bisogno di qualche traino nel GdL organizzato qui.
A chi l'ho venduta? Il Diavolo ha quindi un ruolo molto importante. Riobaldo se lo chiede continuamente, senza giungere mai a una conclusione definitiva. Un sacro come mistero dell'anima. Un sacro che appartiene all'uomo o anche semplicemente alla natura. Quella del Sertao, di qualsiasi Sertao. Inizio travolgente, con una sorta di prologo-flusso-di-coscienza per presentare uomini, luoghi, azioni, motivazioni che poi verranno narrati.
Il narrare sembra una giungla immaginifica da cui spuntano piante, animali, persone, luoghi, ricordi in un insieme vorticoso e roteante, tanto che in certi punti il piacere della rappresentazione fantasmogorica supera quello della narrazione. O non riaffiorare per niente. Sentimenti che lo mettono in grandi ambasce, visto che si sente un "vero uomo", e pertanto decisamente non a proprio agio con siffatte emozioni per uno del proprio sesso. Tante avventure, tanta ribalderia, tanto coraggio e spregiudicatezza, addirittura un amore fuori dagli schemi, per poi finire come la protagonista di un Harmony, sposato e con il futuro assicurato da un uomo suo padre che gli lascia una fazenda.
E poi ho messo a fuoco. Non riesco a "sentire" Riobaldo come protagonista, men che meno Diadorim, figura sbiadita che serve solo a fare rimbalzare echi di Riobaldo. A volte calcina il raccontare, addirittura il periodare che risente del secco, della malaria e diventa respingente.
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In questo orizzonte si incastrano pezzi di altissima narrativa, due indimenticabili: Feb 23, Realini rated it it was amazing. This is a long, fascinating book. It seems He does not exist, in spite of the many names with which he is often mentione Grande Sertao: It seems He does not exist, in spite of the many names with which he is often mentioned through the book.
There are various passages which horrify: The names have an exotique appeal to me: Acaua, Queque, Quim Queiroz, Sesfredo, Quipes, Jiribibe, Beiju, Mao di Lixa, Bexiguento, and Ze Bebelo… There is a main love story there are a few more, less important which seems out of the ordinary, the love of the lead man for…another man, Diadorim. Only in the end we find out that Diadorim was in fact a woman. With God existing there is always hope: I discovered books from the Arabic, African and now Latin American Literature that I never knew they had existed, having no idea what masterpieces I could have missed.
Aventura densa, mergulho na alma humana, saga universal com sabor bem brasileiro. Chegou a gravar depoimentos no interior de Minas com pessoas que inspiraram Rosa a compor personagens do livro. You frequently hear how terrible this translation is Jan 01, Daniel Benevides rated it it was amazing. Nov 15, Joana Costa rated it it was amazing. E, enquanto houver no mundo um vivente medroso, um menino tremor, todos perigam - o contagioso.
Non sono riuscita ad entrare in quel mondo, in quelle battaglie sanguinose, in quei tradimenti e ricerche di potere senza provare noia e desiderio di arrivare alla fine, nonostante le non poche pagine di grande bellezza. Veredas translated as The Devil to Pay in the Backlands. Some people consider this to be the Brazilian equivalent of Ulysses. He was self-taught in many areas and from childhood studied many languages, starting with French before he was seven years old.
Still a child, he moved to his grandparents' house in Belo Horizonte, where he finished primary school. In , at only 16, he applied for what was then called the College of Medicine of Minas Gerais University. In that same year he graduated and began his medical practice in Itaguara, then in the municipality of Itauna, in Minas Gerais, where he stayed about two years. Later he became a civil servant through examination.
Most of his life was spent as a Brazilian diplomat in Europe and Latin America. After postponing for 4 years, he finally assumed his position only in His masterpiece is The Devil to Pay in the Backlands. Following his own existential quest, he contemplates making a deal with Lucifer in order to eliminate Hermogenes, his nemesis.
In this sense he is an incarnation of the classical hero in the Brazilian backlands. Guimaraes Rosa died at the summit of his diplomatic and literary career.