About “Os Sertões”
Os Sertões, translated as Rebellion in the Backlands, is a 1902 novel by the Brazilian author Euclides da Cunha, mixing science and literature. It narrates the true story of a war (1893-1897) in Canudos, a settlement in Bahia's Sertão, where sertanejos commanded by a messianic leader called Antônio Conselheiro fought against the republican army. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)
Book details
- Published
- 1902
Some summaries adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.