{"title":"Ferreira Gullar","description":"\u003cp\u003eAugusto dos Anjos (Engenho Pau d’Arco\/PB, 1884 – Leopoldina\/MG, 1914) foi escritor, poeta e professor. Aos 17 anos, publicou seus primeiros poemas no jornal paraibano \u003cem\u003eO Commercio\u003c\/em\u003e. Em 1912, lançou em edição particular \u003cem\u003eEu\u003c\/em\u003e, seu único livro publicado em vida.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFerreira Gullar (São Luís\/MA, 1930 – Rio de Janeiro\/RJ, 2016) foi escritor, poeta, dramaturgo, crítico de arte e tradutor. Laureado com o Prêmio Camões em 2010, é considerado um dos maiores autores da literatura brasileira. Foi nome proeminente do movimento neoconcreto, ao lado de Lygia Clark e Hélio Oiticica, e autor de obras imensuráveis, como\u003cstrong\u003e \u003cem\u003ePoema sujo\u003c\/em\u003e e \u003cem\u003eDentro da noite veloz\u003c\/em\u003e. Personalidade atuante na oposição à ditadura civil-militar, foi perseguido e preso. Em 2014, foi eleito para a cadeira n\u003csup\u003eo\u003c\/sup\u003e 37 da Academia Brasileira de Letras.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"a-menina-claudia-e-o-rinoceronte","title":"The girl Claudia and the rhinoceros","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eClaudia's imagination comes to life as she plays with her colorful cutouts, trying to create an animal. With text and illustrations by Ferreira Gullar, \u003cem\u003eClaudia and the Rhinoceros\u003c\/em\u003e is a fun story where creativity runs wild and unbounded.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eUsing mailing envelopes, invitations, and other papers available at home, poet Ferreira Gullar dedicated himself to creating collages for this book. This pastime resulted in \u003cem\u003e\"A menina Cláudia e o risoceronte\" (The Girl Cláudia and the Rhinoceros)\u003c\/em\u003e . In this children's book, with a light and fun narrative, Gullar tells the story of Cláudia, a girl who tries to invent an animal. And, each time chance and luck dictate, a new animal appears in the paper world. But what will come of this game?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e In this children's book, the graphic design is composed of collages made by the poet himself. Colorful and attractive, the book is dynamic, playful, and encourages reading.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47159298228476,"sku":"9786585954136","price":59.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/2d1eb302063929612a2f12916d3c5c24.jpg?v=1778873255"},{"product_id":"toda-poesia-de-augusto-dos-anjos","title":"All poetry by Augusto dos Anjos","description":"\"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAll poetry by Augusto dos Anjos,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eorganized and prefaced by Ferreira Gullar, in a new graphic design.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eThe syncretic poetry of Augusto dos Anjos is collected in * \u003cem\u003eAll the Poetry of Augusto dos Anjos*\u003c\/em\u003e , a work of great historical and artistic importance. Incorporating scientific language and colloquial traits, his sonnets anticipate modernism and address everyday issues from a raw and visceral perspective that, although shocking, proved extremely popular. In 1928, his book \u003cem\u003e*I*\u003c\/em\u003e , whose 58 poems are part of this collection, sold 1,000 copies in fifteen days! In these poems, the deterioration of matter and the eschatological take on a sublime aspect, and death—scientific, inevitable, and at the same time welcomed—presents itself as an extreme materiality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eAutobiographical elements and the political context are thus fundamental to this work of despondency, melancholy, and technique that troubled critics. Indeed, critics took a long time to become interested in Augusto's writings. Ferreira Gullar, author of the preface, corrects this delay and presents us with a precise analysis of the poet from Paraíba's work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Influenced by authors such as Charles Baudelaire, Edgar Allan Poe and Cruz e Sousa, Augusto meticulously combines controversial themes and impressive sounds, as in the verses: “Spitting from one abyss into another abyss \/ Sending the smoke of a cigarette to Heaven \/ There is more philosophy in this spit \/ Than in all the morality of Christianity!”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eOriginal and contemporary, \u003cem\u003eall of Augusto dos Anjos' poetry\u003c\/em\u003e is an invitation to reflect on human dilemmas and appreciate good poetry. Timeless.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e“I read \u003cem\u003eEu\u003c\/em\u003e as a teenager and it was like being punched in the face [...]. Astonishment was followed by intense curiosity [...]. I wanted to read more of this poet, different from the classics, the romantics, the Parnassians, the symbolists, from all the poets I knew [...]. Augusto dos Anjos continues to be the great singular case of Brazilian poetry.” \u003cstrong\u003eCarlos Drummond de Andrade\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e “Reading and rereading the \u003cem\u003eSelf\u003c\/em\u003e , we always discover new, strange, and admirable things. His surprising and extravagant rhymes open up previously unseen horizons; he resembles the English \u003cem\u003emetaphysical poets\u003c\/em\u003e , whom I had never heard of.” \u003cstrong\u003eOtto Maria Carpeaux\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47159419535612,"sku":"9788503010948","price":89.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/683ff9b2ddb97f714ca86104f9c79b03.jpg?v=1776898525"},{"product_id":"rabo-de-foguete","title":"Rocket tail","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRabo de Rocket\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eis both a historical document and a literary work, immortalized by Ferreira Gullar, one of the greatest names in Brazilian literature. This edition features previously unpublished images.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eRabo de Rocket\u003c\/em\u003e , the personal and the historical intertwine: it's a memoir with the rhythm of a novel. In these pages, Ferreira Gullar recounts how the leaden years of Brazil's civil-military dictatorship affected him and forced him to live in exile during the 1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e An active voice against the imposed regime, Ferreira Gullar was forced into illegality in the late 1960s. He was sheltered by friends in Rio de Janeiro, then exiled to countries such as Uruguay, Argentina, the Soviet Union, Chile, and Peru. His odyssey ended with his return to Brazil in 1977, still a political persecutor, which led him to the dungeons of the DOI-CODI.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eIn the words of writer and critic Davi Arrigucci Jr., \"the exemplary fate of the poet, transformed into a character of himself, has a particular and symbolic value that reaches each and every one.\" This personal account expresses the pain and anguish shared by those politically persecuted in Latin America during the decades of dictatorships on the continent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e The José Olympio edition also features photographs of the exile and previously unpublished images of Ferreira Gullar's passport – cancelled by the dictatorship – and reports from the National Information Service (SNI) on the poet's whereabouts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e “ \u003cem\u003eRabo de rato\u003c\/em\u003e , Ferreira Gullar’s memoir about his years of exile in the 1970s, during the military dictatorship in our country, is more than the account of an individual experience, it is the story of a human destiny in the global historical context of our time.” – Davi Arrigucci Jr., \u003cem\u003eFolha de S.Paulo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e“One of the most important writers in the history of Brazilian literature.” – \u003cem\u003eEstadão\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \"His legacy is his work, which sometimes makes us forget his biography. But that's not the case. He had a beautiful, difficult, and dignified life. The suffering of exile didn't take away his grace.\" – Nélida Piñon in a statement to \u003cem\u003eO Globo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \"The strongest image of Ferreira, for me, comes from my time in prison. He was, along with Gil, Antonio Callado, Paulo Francis, and others, in a cell next to mine. His lucidity and firmness made him the best companion imaginable. All the young people in my cell were grateful to him for his solidarity and effective help.\" – Caetano Veloso\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e “What always marked Ferreira Gullar’s conduct, beyond the extraordinary quality of his work, was the courage to take on the defense of freedom at critical moments in Brazilian life.” – Antonio Carlos Secchin, \u003cem\u003eO Globo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47159524917500,"sku":"9786558021636","price":69.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/1eaf309dc83e9408475e7de59d8f0c60.jpg?v=1778321817"},{"product_id":"um-rubi-no-umbigo","title":"A ruby in the navel","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eWith a sharp pen for prose, the poet Ferreira Gullar creates, with \u003cem\u003eUm rubi no umbigo\u003c\/em\u003e , a tragicomedy of “wild and rebellious humor”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eThis film \u003cem\u003e, \"A Ruby in the Belly Button\u003c\/em\u003e ,\" by Ferreira Gullar, is a Brazilian comedy. It all begins in the home of a middle-class family, where Everaldo and Doca live, along with their son, Vítor. A fairly ordinary home, were it not for a curious circumstance: Vítor, a twenty-year-old young man, has a ruby sewn into his navel—the only way his late grandmother could save him from an untimely death. When the family found itself in debt, the father, Everaldo, found a simple solution: removing the ruby from his son's navel to pay off the debts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Inspired by a newspaper article, this play by Gullar, written in 1970, was only published in 1978, a few years after his return from exile imposed by the civil-military dictatorship. The first production, staged the following year, was directed by Bibi Ferreira and featured prominent figures in the field of drama, including Roberto Fróes, Osmar Prado, and Ana Lúcia Torre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eA critical success, \u003cem\u003eUm rubi no umbigo\u003c\/em\u003e presents many interpretative dimensions, among them, the political, the social and the psychoanalytic – the latter very well addressed by the poet and theorist Hélio Pellegrino, in a text from 1979, included here in full.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e This edition, in addition to reproducing the 1978 text, includes: a facsimile reproduction of the author's handwritten corrections to a copy of the first edition; the publication of the play's final text, rewritten by Gullar after seeing Bibi Ferreira's production; an excerpt from a news report about the case of the man with a ruby in his navel; some images from the program for the 1979 production and photos from the most recent, from 2011; and texts that bring the audience closer to the critical debate surrounding the play. The graphic design, by visual artist Gustavo Piqueira, is inspired by the 1978 edition designed by Eugênio Hirsch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e “The play is serious, despite its irresistible hilarious grip.” – Hélio Pellegrino\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e“Gullar’s humor is as subtle and demanding as Kafka’s.” – Luiz Carlos Maciel, \u003cem\u003eVeja\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \"What a privilege it was for me to have had the opportunity to rehearse Um rubi no umbigo by the great Ferreira Gullar. His play glides through true theatrical carpentry combined with a reality brought to the stage through laughter.\" – Bibi Ferreira\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47159577116924,"sku":"9786558471714","price":79.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/2f24ad7adbf7dc8c7e4950af1434f88d.jpg?v=1778874085"},{"product_id":"romances-de-cordel","title":"Cordel novels","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eA collection of Ferreira Gullar's cordels resurfaces, at an opportune moment, as a warning against authoritarian nostalgia.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRomances de cordel\u003c\/em\u003e brings together works by Ferreira Gullar, created specifically at the National Students' Union (UNE) Popular Culture Center (CPC) in the 1960s. These works stem from an invitation from playwright Oduvaldo Vianna Filho—known as Vianinha—for Gullar to participate in the CPC's initiatives, a newly formed group originally bringing together theater directors. The partnership with UNE, forged by Vianinha, was more than promising, but also represented a unique opportunity for artists engaged in political activism to collaborate. This immersion in popular causes yielded works that have forever marked Brazilian culture, with \u003cem\u003eRomances de cordel\u003c\/em\u003e being the culmination of its literary legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eAt Vianinha's request, Gullar composed \u003cem\u003e\"João Boa-Morte Cabar Marcado Para Morte\u003c\/em\u003e ,\" a text that was initially intended for the stage but ended up being published only in a booklet typical of cordel writers. The same was true of \u003cem\u003e\"Quem matou Aparecida?\",\u003c\/em\u003e which tells the story of a woman living in the now-defunct Praia do Pinto favela in Rio de Janeiro who, in an act of desperation, sets fire to her own clothes. This was followed by the cordéis \u003cem\u003e\"Peleja de Zé Molesta com Tio Sam\u003c\/em\u003e ,\" an ingenious allegory denouncing the cultural and political domination of the United States over Latin American countries, and \u003cem\u003e\"History of a Brave Man\u003c\/em\u003e ,\" which recounts the imprisonment of Gregório Bezerra due to the political repression of the civil-military dictatorship. All these stories are now re-edited with a refined graphic design, accompanied by illustrations by the great woodcut artist Ciro Fernandes – one of the most important names in visual arts in Brazil – created especially for these cordéis that Editora José Olympio proudly publishes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eThis book, therefore, represents not only the perpetuation of Ferreira Gullar's political lyre, but also pays due homage to the imagery of the persevering popular struggles. In the tumultuous days that confirmed the 1964 coup, the CPC was targeted by extremists, who, on the night of March 31st, fired randomly at the UNE headquarters. The following day, Gullar, along with Teresa Aragão, witnessed the building's complete destruction. \"We watched the UNE headquarters burned down by fanatics who passed by us with bombs and guns in hand. If they had recognized us, we would have been lynched.\" To such acts of political intolerance, which sought to dismantle the CPC, \u003cem\u003eRomances de cordel\u003c\/em\u003e resurfaces as a warning. Its permanence celebrates the ideas of social justice that do not fade.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47159670407420,"sku":"9786558471516","price":69.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/7e5b9d5e5e3aa5d4008933957e0e04a6.jpg?v=1778873568"},{"product_id":"o-melhor-da-cronica-brasileira","title":"The best of Brazilian chronicles","description":"This volume offers students and general readers the most significant works in the field of chronicles. It features texts by four of the most renowned names in Brazilian literature.\n \n\"The chronicle is an inescapable pact with pleasure, a double pleasure that reveals itself in each text. That of the chronicler, who even when using words to express discontent or longing, invests in what he writes the commitment and satisfaction of expressing himself through his best instrument: writing. And that of the reader, who feels close, sharing as an almost confidant the joy, sadness, or curiosity contained in the story.\n It's a well-known saying that the chronicle, as we cultivate it in Brazil, exists only here. It's not even historical, even though it's participatory and situated in the reality that surrounds it, nor merely informative, even when written based on everyday facts. It's not purely fictional, though it sometimes creates characters, nor is it memoiristic, though it does often offer the writer's confidences. It's all of these things, though it's none of these, for the resources that seem to distinguish other literary genres are freely available to it.  \nFrom all these freedoms results a hybrid species, where the different ingredients can be mixed according to the will and talent of its creator.\n Made to be read today and discarded tomorrow, a good story, the one that prompts the famous comment \"did you read so-and-so today?\", resists the fleeting nature of periodicals. Published and republished in book form, these short texts continue to captivate readers for generations. Often, such brief forms inaugurate and establish, in those most averse to books, an initial attraction that eventually transforms into a lifelong love of reading.","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47175428931836,"sku":"9788503009683","price":59.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/739d0106e0b656738aaf351174c70305.jpg?v=1778319262"},{"product_id":"toda-poesia-de-augusto-dos-anjos-1","title":"Toda poesia de Augusto dos Anjos","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEm nova edição com caderno de imagens exclusivo, \u003cem\u003eToda poesia de Augusto dos Anjos\u003c\/em\u003e é um convite à reflexão sobre dilemas humanos que conta com estudo monumental de Ferreira Gullar sobre o Poeta da Morte.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCaso raro de poeta erudito na forma e popular no alcance, Augusto dos Anjos, autor do poema “Versos íntimos”, aborda poeticamente o cotidiano sob uma perspectiva crua e visceral. Em \u003cem\u003eEu\u003c\/em\u003e, seu único livro publicado em vida, a deterioração da matéria e o escatológico ganham uma face sublime, e a morte – científica, inevitável e ao mesmo tempo benquista – se apresenta com extrema materialidade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA indiscutível força literária de Augusto dos Anjos o aproxima de poetas como Edgar Allan Poe e Charles Baudelaire, com os quais o brasileiro dialoga ao combinar motivos polêmicos e sonoridades impressionantes. Todos introduziram, cada qual em seu país, uma temática centrada na dor universal: solidão, amargura, crise existencial e perplexidade diante das injustiças da vida. Além disso, as referências autobiográficas e o contexto político são fundamentais para a obra augustiana, cujo desalento, melancolia e técnica incomodaram a crítica por muito tempo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEm 1976, Ferreira Gullar – imortal da ABL e vencedor do Prêmio Camões – preparou a presente edição da poesia completa de Augusto dos Anjos e a enriqueceu com um ensaio que foi decisivo para reposicionar o poeta paraibano no imaginário literário brasileiro, destacando-o como criador singular, e não mais como simples escritor excêntrico. Nesse texto, Gullar sustenta: “Há poetas que apenas escreveram alguns poemas […]. E poucos são aqueles que conseguiram realmente criar uma obra poética, um universo poético próprio. Augusto é um destes.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlém do estudo crítico de Ferreira Gullar, esta edição conta também com um caderno de imagens que reúne informações, fotos e documentos ainda pouco conhecidos, e capazes de recuperar, para os leitores de hoje, a figura e a vida de Augusto dos Anjos.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A leitura do \u003cem\u003eEu\u003c\/em\u003e foi para mim uma aventura milionária. Enriqueceu minha noção de poesia. Vi como se pode fazer lirismo com dramaticidade permanente, que se grava para sempre na memória do leitor. Augusto de Anjos continua sendo o grande caso singular da poesia brasileira.” – Carlos Drummond de Andrade\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Existem em Augusto dos Anjos inúmeros casos […] de descoberta de um sentido novo das palavras. Nem sempre percebemos claramente os motivos da nossa admiração. É o esclarecimento desses motivos que devemos […] a Ferreira Gullar. 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