''O Cabeleira'' ( en, Cabeleira) is a

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Regionalist novel by Brazilian

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author

Franklin Távora João Franklin da Silveira Távora (January 13, 1842 – August 18, 1888) was a Brazilian novelist, journalist, politician, lawyer and dramatist, famous for his Regionalist romance '' O Cabeleira'', set in 18th-century Pernambuco. He wrote under t ...

. Set in Pernambuco, during the 18th century, the novel tells the story of the '' cangaceiro'' José Gomes (a.k.a. "Cabeleira") and his father Joaquim, and their adventures at the ''

sertão The ''sertão'' (, plural ''sertões'') is the "hinterland" or "backcountry". In Brazil, it refers both to one of the four sub-regions of the Northeast Region of Brazil (similar to the specific association of "outback" with Australia in English ...

'' of the

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Adaptations

The book was adapted into a homonymous film in

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. Starring

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Milton Ribeiro Milton Ribeiro (born 14 March 1958) is a Brazilian protestant pastor, lawyer, theologian, professor and former Minister of Education of Brazil. Early life and education Ribeiro graduated in Theology at the Southern Presbyterian Seminary (1981) ...

and

Marlene França Marlene may refer to: People * Marlene (given name), including a list of people with the name * Marlene (Burmese businesswoman), Nang Kham Noung (born 1991) * Marlene (Japanese singer) (born 1960), a Filipina jazz singer active in Japan Film * ' ...

, its filming took place in the cities of

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( São Paulo) and

Arceburgo Arceburgo is a Brazilian municipality located in the southwest of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population was 10,883 people living in a total area of 162 km². The city belongs to the meso-region of Sul e Sudoeste de Minas and to the micr ...

( Minas Gerais). In

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, the book was adapted into comics, by Hiroshi Maeda and Leandro Assis.

References

External links

Downloadable version of the book
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