In the first episode of "Brasil de Histórias" (Brazil of Stories), Afonso Borges welcomes Míriam Leitão, Conceição Evaristo, and Cármen Lúcia for a special conversation celebrating the 70th anniversary of "Grande Sertão: Veredas" (The Devil to Pay in the Backlands) by João Guimarães Rosa.

Recorded during Flip 2026, the episode seeks to understand how a novel published seven decades ago continues to move generations of readers. After all, how did Guimarães Rosa's language reinvent literature? And why does the backlands described in the book remain so relevant today?

Based on their experiences as readers and writers, Míriam Leitão, Conceição Evaristo, and Cármen Lúcia reflect on the impact of "Grande Sertão: Veredas," discuss the power of Minas Gerais oral tradition, the richness of Rosa's language, the human dilemmas present in the work, and its enduring status as one of the greatest classics of Brazilian literature.

Brasil de Histórias was a house of Amado Mundo, in partnership with Janela Livraria and mapalab, at Flip 2026. Now, everything that happened there is available here. Follow the weekly episodes: every Saturday, on YouTube and Spotify.

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