Interwoven lives in a rural Mantiqueira community, from slavery to the 1930s, told in caipira speech steeped in superstition and fatalism.
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Interwoven lives in a rural Mantiqueira community, from slavery to the 1930s, told in caipira speech steeped in superstition and fatalism.
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Romance de estreia de Ruth Guimarães (1920-2014), uma das primeiras escritoras negras a ganhar destaque na cena literária brasileira, Água funda foi lançado em 1946 — mesmo ano de Sagarana, de Guimarães Rosa. Mas enquanto o escritor mineiro se valia da plasticidade da fala sertaneja para inventar um léxico novo, entre o popular e o erudito, Ruth fez aqui uma original reconstituição etnográfica da linguagem caipira — que conheceu pessoalmente em sua infância passada no Vale do Paraíba e Sul de Mi...
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will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Rural couple relationships present; no explicit sexual content
Violence & gore
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Historical hardship and implied violence linked to slavery era
Profanity
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Catholic place names, folk faith, superstition, and fatalistic belief
Magic & witchcraft
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Magical-realism curses and supernatural folk tales shape events
Occult / demonology
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Folk curses, superstition, and rural supernatural causos recur
Political content
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Central critique of slavery’s legacy and post-abolition inequality
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Slavery and its aftermath are central; suffering drives a lasting curse
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