Alfarrábios

Alfarrábios
Author	José de Alencar
Language	Portuguese
Genre	historical novel
Publication date	1873
Publication place	Brazil

Alfarrábios is a historical novel by the Brazilian writer José de Alencar, first published in 1873.^[1] It is composed of three minor narratives: "O Garatuja", "O Ermitão da Glória" and "Alma de Lázaro".^[2] Critics consider Alfarrábios an example of Gothic fiction due to its expolration of mystic themes, its virtuous characters and righteous punishment for villains.^[3]

"O Garatuja" is a comedic retelling of a love story from 1699 that incited a riot; it is mentioned by Baltasar Lisboa [pt].^[3]^[2] "O Ermitão da Glória" is a story about a pirate who built the Nossa Senhora da Glória do Outeiro [pt] (written in a solemn manner), and "Alma de Lázaro" is about a diary of a person affected with leprosy who is describing their thoughts and the inner conflict between their appearance and soul.^[3]

Alfarrábios was published in two volumes; Alencar indicated that he will publish the third volume later but it never happened.^[3] Alencar claimed that all three stories were drafted in his youth.^[2] The book gives some insight into the life of Rio de Janeiro during the colonial era.^[2]

"O Garatuja" was adapted into an opera by Ernst Mahle.

References

^ Young, Richard A.; Cisneros, Odile (2011). "Alencar, José de (Brazil, 1829−1877)". Historical dictionary of Latin American literature and theater. Historical dictionaries of literature and the arts. Lanham (Md.): the Scarecrow press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7498-5.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Rocha, João Cezar de Castro (1 October 2015). Machado de Assis: Toward a Poetics of Emulation. MSU Press. p. 162. ISBN 978-1-62895-240-7. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Daher, Andrea (2017-08-10). Passado presente: usos contemporâneos do "passado colonial" brasileiro. Gramma. pp. 23–26. ISBN 978-85-5968-264-9.