The great fool

Name: The great fool
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SKU: 9788501912800
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Tales of the adventures and misadventures of Viramundo and his unspeakable pilgrimages

Autor: Fernando Sabino

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Sinopse

The Brazilian Don Quixote

In O grande mentecapto , a classic by Fernando Sabino, the reader is transported to the state of Minas Gerais, more precisely to Rio Acima, the small town where José Geraldo Peres da Nóbrega e Silva, known as Geraldo Viramundo - or just Viramundo - was born.

Geraldo grows up and realizes that his way of seeing the world is changing. As a young man, he becomes interested in learning more about religious life, eventually deciding to enter the seminary in Mariana.

But he leaves the seminary and continues a life full of adventures and twists and turns : he spends time in a mental institution, the Army, politics, and falls in love—but he can't quite fit into any of these realities. He then continues his journey, passing through Ouro Preto, Barbacena, Juiz de Fora, Uberaba, Cataguases, and many other towns in Minas Gerais, engaging in amusing adventures , until he ends his journey in Belo Horizonte, the state capital.

Despite the misunderstandings he encounters, Viramundo is a well-intentioned citizen who does good and believes in people , but on several occasions, he is used by them. In the dictionary, "mentecapto" means someone who is maladjusted, alienated, or out of their mind. Empathy for the character is immediate ; he arouses the compassion of those who understand the difficulty of fitting into the so-called normal world, faced with so much neglect, irony, and pressure.

Some critics have compared Geraldo Viramundo to a character from one of the world's great literary classics: Don Quixote , the protagonist of the novel written by the Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes. Indeed, both Quixote and Viramundo share a humanistic, dreamy, and adventurous character . They often appear to be hallucinating, searching for a place in the world that might make their existence more meaningful.

Like Cervantes's work, The Great Idiot makes numerous references to other works and authors, as well as presenting complex and well-developed characters, drawing the reader into this hilarious and dramatic story with interest and curiosity. It is one of the great novels of Brazilian literature.