The Devil to Pay in the Backlands, João Guimarães Rosa. First American Edition.

The Devil to Pay in the Backlands, João Guimarães Rosa. First American Edition.
The Devil to Pay in the Backlands, João Guimarães Rosa. First American Edition.
The Devil to Pay in the Backlands, João Guimarães Rosa. First American Edition.
The Devil to Pay in the Backlands, João Guimarães Rosa. First American Edition.
The Devil to Pay in the Backlands, João Guimarães Rosa. First American Edition.
The Devil to Pay in the Backlands, João Guimarães Rosa. First American Edition.
The Devil to Pay in the Backlands, João Guimarães Rosa. First American Edition.
The Devil to Pay in the Backlands, João Guimarães Rosa. First American Edition.
The Devil to Pay in the Backlands, João Guimarães Rosa. First American Edition.
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The Devil to Pay in the Backlands, João Guimarães Rosa

First American edition, first printing of Rosa's first and only novel, a masterpiece of modernism that is often considered to be the Brazilian equivalent of Joyce's "Ulysses."

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963. Publisher's original green cloth boards, decoratively stamped in blind with gilt titles to spine; pp. x, 494, [3]. A near fine copy in a very good, unclipped dust jacket. Binding is sturdy with a slight lean, minimal wear to boards, internally clean and fine. Jacket shows light shelfwear and chipping with a couple minor closed tears, protected in archival mylar. Scarce.

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