BACKLANDS
In this Bonnie and Clyde story of love and betrayal, a band of outlaws fight for control of the brutal Brazilian outback.
Backlands makes Booklist’s Top Ten First Novels
“Tender, almost languid, but deeply satisfyingly paced, ‘Backlands’ is less a tale of adventure than an exploration of love and loyalty, of the relationship between a people and their land.”
— Andrea Wulf, The New York Times
"Intensely attuned to the glory and danger of the backlands and to the terror, valor,
and spirituality of Lampião’s reign, Shorr astutely and lyrically illuminates the mythological, psychological, and social dimensions of the bandit lovers’ lives, portraying them both as poignantly complex and besieged individuals and archetypal warriors ardently defending wildness in all its embodiments."
— Donna Seaman, BOOKLIST (Starred Review)
“Shorr’s brilliant exploration of these Brazilian folk heroes is as much a study of love as of the shifting emotional terrain of an entire country.”
O livro Os últimos dias de Lampião e Maria Bonita relata com uma riqueza de detalhes, e contexto histórico fascinante, os momentos finais de dois personagens marcantes da nossa história.
Maria Bonita