O cemitério dos vivos | Supersônica

Este site é acessível para leitor de tela.

O cemitério dos vivos

of Lima Barreto

Ilustração de formas geométricas na cor preta. Três retângulos com o topo arredondado, que lembram portas ou lápides, uma ao lado da outra sendo a do meio ligeiramente maior. Todas possuem traços longitudinais que lembra rasgos. Fundo lilás

available here

Synopsis

Lesser known than works such as The Sad End of Policarpo Quaresma, the novel O cemitério dos vivos is considered to be an attempt to fictionalize the author’s own experience in psychiatric hospitals. The events of the plot are similar to those in Lima Barreto’s life, as well as those of his father, who was also admitted to mental institutions. During his second period at the Alienados Asylum, the author recorded his impressions in diary entries, as well as in the novel that we are now publishing as an audiobook. As he himself wrote, in the voice of his character Vicente Mascarenhas, his interest was “simply to tell the impressions of my society with the insane, my conversations with them, and what this transitory trade prompted me to think”. The novel, recorded by Laís Lacorte, provides a privileged view of the psychiatric hospital at the beginning of the last century, which is still relevant today, through Lima Barreto’s acute and perceptive writing.

Genres

why we recorded it

Lesser known than works such as "The Sad End of Policarpo Quaresma", the novel "O cemitério dos vivos" is considered to be an attempt to fictionalize the author’s own experience in psychiatric hospitals. The events of the plot are similar to those in Lima Barreto’s life, as well as those of his father, who was also admitted to mental institutions. During his second period at the Alienados Asylum, the author recorded his impressions in diary entries, as well as in the novel that we are now publishing as an audiobook. As he himself wrote, in the voice of his character Vicente Mascarenhas, his interest was “simply to tell the impressions of my society with the insane, my conversations with them, and what this transitory trade prompted me to think”. The novel, recorded by Laís Lacorte, provides a privileged view of the psychiatric hospital at the beginning of the last century, which is still relevant today, through Lima Barreto’s acute and perceptive writing.

Lima Barreto read by Laís Lacôrte

Laís Lacôrte is an actress, singer and songwriter from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Trained at the group Teatro Universitário from Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), she has been part of the cast of several musicals, including the acclaimed Musical Elza, and was awarded by the Musical Rio website as a breakthrough actress. In 2018, she released her first EP, with songs written in partnership with Richard Neves. In 2022, she was part of the cast of Língua brasileira, a musical directed by Felipe Hirsch with songs originally composed by Tom Zé.

author Lima Barreto

Lima Barreto (1881–1922) was born in Rio de Janeiro. Descended from slaves, he suffered social exclusion because of his origins, including in academic circles. His works bring a critical view of Brazilian society, discussing social differences and racial prejudice. He struggled with various health problems, as well as alcoholism, and was admitted to mental institutions more than once. He is the author of Recordações do escrivão Isaías Caminha (1909) and The Sad End of Policarpo Quaresma (1915), among other books.

hear an excerpt