José Lins do Rego

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José Lins do Rego


Born
in Pilar, Paraíba, Brazil
July 03, 1901

Died
September 12, 1957

Genre


José Lins do Rego Cavalcanti (July 3, 1901 in Pilar Paraíba - September 12, 1957 in Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian novelist most known for his semi-autobiographical "sugarcane cycle." These novels were the basis of films that had distribution in the English speaking world. ...more

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Menino de Engenho

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Fogo Morto

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Doidinho

3.72 avg rating — 191 ratings — published 1933 — 12 editions
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Bangüê

3.89 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 1976 — 9 editions
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Riacho doce: Romance

3.68 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 1990 — 9 editions
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Pedra Bonita

4.02 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2014 — 7 editions
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Cangaceiros: Romance

4.03 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 1953 — 13 editions
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O Moleque Ricardo

4.03 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 1935 — 8 editions
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Usina

3.58 avg rating — 45 ratings8 editions
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Histórias da Velha Totônia

3.68 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1936 — 3 editions
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“E um sonho de menino é maior que de gente grande, porque fica mais próximo da realidade.”
José Lins do Rego, Menino de Engenho

“Sabia que Deus fizera o mundo, que havia céu e inferno, e que a gente sofre na Terra por causa de uma maçã.”
José Lins do Rego, Menino de Engenho

“O costume de ver todo dia esta gente na sua degradação me habituava com a sua desgraça. Nunca, menino, tive pena deles. Achava muito natural que vivessem dormindo em chiqueiros, comendo um nada, trabalhando como burros de carga. A minha compreensão da vida fazia-me ver nisto uma obra de Deus. Eles nasceram assim porque Deus quisera, e porque Deus quisera nós éramos brancos e mandávamos neles. Mandávamos também nos bois, nos burros, nos matos.”
José Lins do Rego, Menino de Engenho

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