Lima Barreto

Ambientado no final do século XIX, o livro conta a história do major Policarpo Quaresma, nacionalista extremado, cuja visão sublime do Brasil é motivo de desdém e ironia. Interessado em livros de viagem, defensor da língua tupi e seguidor de manuais de agricultura, Policarpo é, sobretudo, um 'patriota', e quer defender sua nação a todo custo.

Triste Fim De Policarpo Quaresma

Afonso Henriques De Lima Barreto

In a criticism of Brazil's militaristic turn-of-the-century Republic, Barreto's classic of Brazilian literature tells the story of Policarpo Quaresma, a fanatically-patriotic Major with unusual ideas about what Brazil should be--a tupi-guarani-speaking country with an agriculture-based economy. During the Squadron revolt against the Floriano government, Major Quaresma at first supports the government, but then become disallusioned with it after prisioners in his care are ordered slaughtered.

Triste Fim De Policarpo Quaresma

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