A Bagaceira (1928; Trash), his best-known work, deals with a group of sertanejos (independent smallholders) forced by drought to leave their own ranches for a life of near-slavery on tropical sugar plantations. Other works in the same vein are O BoqueirĂŁo (1935; âThe Canyonâ) and Coiteiros (1935; âBandit-hidersâ).
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