Rio's weekly magazine
Manchete asked a group of eight experts from
Rio and São Paulo to present their 50 favorite novels produced this century by
Brazilian writers.
Grande Sertão: Veredas by João Guimarães Rosa came in
first with 315 points out of a possible 400, just slightly ahead of Mário de
Andrade's
Macunaíma. with 300.
Jury was composed of eight recognized writers and critics from Rio and São
Paulo: Ivan Ângelo, Ignácio de Loyola Brandão, Carlos Heitor Cony, Roberto
Freire, Leyla Perrone-Moysés, Eduardo Portella, Silviano Santiago, and Antônio
Carlos Villaça.
The list covers the whole century. The oldest book chosen is Euclides da
Cunha's
Os Sertões (
Rebellion in the Backlands) from 1902, and
the most recent
Quase Memória (Almost Memory) by Carlos Heitor Cony,
published in 1995.
1.
Grande Sertão: Veredas, Guimarães Rosa
2.
Macunaíma, Mário de Andrade
3.
Triste Fim de Policarpo Quaresma by Lima Barreto
4.
São Bernardo by Graciliano Ramos
5.
O Tempo e o Vento by Érico Veríssimo
6.
Memorial de Maria Moura by Rachel de Queiroz
7.
Menino de Engenho by José Lins do Rego
8.
Fogo Morto by José Lins do Rego
9.
Memórias Sentimentais de João Miramar by Oswald de Andrade
10.
Vidas Secas by Graciliano Ramos
11.
Angústia (Anguish) by Graciliano Ramos
12.
Esaú e Jacó (Esau and Jacob) by Machado de Assis
13.
O Coronel e o Lobisomem (The Colonel and the Werewolf)by José
Cândido de Carvalho
14.
O Quinze (1915) by Rachel de Queiroz
15.
A Bagaceira (Husk Pit) by José Américo de Almeida
16.
Quarup (Quarup—Indian ceremony for the dead) by Antônio Callado
17.
O Encontro Marcado (The Date) by Fernando Sabino
18.
O Amanuense Belmiro (Clerk Belmiro)
by Ciro dos Anjos
19.
A Menina Morta (The Dead Girl)
by Cornélio Pena
20.
Os Ratos (The Rats)
by Dionélio Machado
21.
Crônica da Casa Assassinada (Chronicle of the Murdered House) by
Lúcio Cardoso
22.
As Meninas (The Girls) by Lygia Fagundes Teles
23.
Serafim Ponte Grande (Serafim Ponte Grande) by Oswald de Andrade
24.
Os Sertões (
Rebellion in the Backlands) by Euclides da Cunha
25.
Capitães da Areia (
Captains of the Sands) by Jorge Amado
26.
Incidente em Antares (Incident in Antares) by Érico Veríssimo
27.
Recordações do Escrivão Isaías Caminha (Recollections of Clerk
Isaías Caminha) by Lima Barreto
28.
Perto do Coração Selvagem (Close to the Savage Heart) by Clarice
Lispector
29.
Terras do Sem Fim (Endless Lands) by Jorge Amado
30.
Jubiabá (
Jubiabá) by Jorge Amado
31.
Gabriela Cravo e Canela (
Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon) by
Jorge Amado
32.
Mar Morto (
Sea of Death) by Jorge Amado
33.
O Vampiro de Curitiba (Curitiba's Vampire)
by Dalton Trevisan
34.
A Pedra do Reino (The Kingdom's Stone) by Ariano Suassuna
35.
Maira (Maira) by Darcy Ribeiro
36.
Ópera dos Mortos (Opera of the Dead) by Autran Dourado
37.
Avalovara (Avalovara) by Osman Lins
38.
Mundos Mortos (Dead Worlds) by Octavio de Faria
39.
Canaã (Canaan) by Graça Aranha
40.
Memórias de Lázaro (Lazarus's Memories) by Adonias Filho
41.
Galvez, o Imperador do Acre (
The Emperor of the Amazon) by
Márcio Souza
42.
Os Corumbas (The Forgotten) by Amando Fontes
43.
A Paixão Segundo GH (The Passion According to GH) by Clarice
Lispector
44.
Zero (Zero) by Ignácio de Loyola Brandão
45.
A Estrela Sobe (The Star Rises) by Marques Rebelo
46.
Quase Memória (All But Memory) by Carlos Heitor Cony
47.
O Púcaro Búlgaro (The Bulgarian Mug) by Campos de Carvalho
48.
A República dos Sonhos (The Republic of the Dreams) by Nélida Piñon
49.
Sargento Getúlio (Sergeant Getúlio) by João Ubaldo Ribeiro
50.
A Grande Arte (The Great Art) by Rubem Fonseca
