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The Devil to Pay in the Backlands
Joao Guimaraes Rosa
- Form
- Form Novel
- Year
- Year 1956
- Originally in
- Originally in Portuguese
- Pages
- Pages 490
An aging outlaw in Brazil's backlands tells a visitor his violent life, circling on whether he struck a bargain with the devil. His deepest bond was with his fiercest companion in arms, whose death reveals she had been a woman all along.
Doesn't everyone sell his soul? I tell you, sir: the devil does not exist, there is no devil, yet I sold him my soul.
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