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Author: José Lins do Rego
First Published: 1943
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Regional realism
Time of Work: 1848-1900
Setting: Paraiba, Brazil
Principal Characters: José Amaro, Sinha, Colonel José Paulino, Colonel Lula, Captain Victorino Carneiro da Cunha, Lieutenant Mauricio, Silvino
Genres: Long fiction, Realism, Historical fiction, Regional fiction
Subjects: Suffering, Politics, Suicide, Crime or criminals, Nineteenth century, Farms, farmers, or farming, Brazil or Brazilians, Landlords or tenants, Aristocracy or aristocrats, Cruelty, Wealth
Locales: Brazil

FOGO MORTO (dead fires), the tenth novel by Jose Lins do Rego, marks his return to the themes of his original Sugar Cane Cycle, after four weak experiments in other fields. The author, descendant of an aristocratic planter family settled for years in Northeast Brazil, was educated for the law, but friendship with Brazil’s great sociologist Gilberto Freyre showed him the rich literary inspiration in Brazil’s ingenhos, or sugar centers, and turned him to fiction writing. Beginning with the novel PLANTATION BOY, Lins do Rego went on with DAFFY BOY, BLACK...

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