Erico Verissimo: a Brazilian “painter” of Israel

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Autor(a) principal: Assis, Luciara Lourdes Silva de
Data de Publicação: 2010
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Arquivo Maaravi: Revista Digital de Estudos Judaicos da UFMG
Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/maaravi/article/view/14039
Resumo: The Brazilian writer Erico Verissimo traveled to Israel with his wife in April 1966, invited by Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The notes made by Verissimo during the route through the major israeli cities were turned into the book Israel in April, written and published three years after the trip. The writer sent to his publisher, along with the handwriting of the opus, a letter in which he showed that his intention when he began writing the book “was ‘to paint’ Israel with the playful carefree joy of an artist on vacation”. However, during the work, he realized that he was making “dangerous questions” like “Who are the Jews? A race? A people? An entirety of tribes connected by a common religion?” Then Verissimo let the common sense prevail and went back to his “painting”. In this paper we intend to study the book Israel in April, analyzing how the writer’s carefree view mixes together with the critical eye of the intellectual when reporting his impressions in Israel.
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spelling Erico Verissimo: a Brazilian “painter” of IsraelErico Verissimo: um “pintor” brasileiro de IsraelIsraelViagemErico VerissimoIsraelTravelErico VerissimoThe Brazilian writer Erico Verissimo traveled to Israel with his wife in April 1966, invited by Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The notes made by Verissimo during the route through the major israeli cities were turned into the book Israel in April, written and published three years after the trip. The writer sent to his publisher, along with the handwriting of the opus, a letter in which he showed that his intention when he began writing the book “was ‘to paint’ Israel with the playful carefree joy of an artist on vacation”. However, during the work, he realized that he was making “dangerous questions” like “Who are the Jews? A race? A people? An entirety of tribes connected by a common religion?” Then Verissimo let the common sense prevail and went back to his “painting”. In this paper we intend to study the book Israel in April, analyzing how the writer’s carefree view mixes together with the critical eye of the intellectual when reporting his impressions in Israel. O escritor brasileiro Erico Verissimo viajou a Israel em abril de 1966, na companhia da esposa, a convite do Ministério de Negócios Estrangeiros daquele país. As anotações feitas por Verissimo durante o percurso pelas principais cidades israelenses foram transformadas no livro Israel em abril, escrito e publicado três anos após a viagem. Juntamente com os manuscritos da obra, o escritor enviou ao seu editor uma carta, na qual afirma que sua intenção ao iniciar o livro “era ‘pintar’ Israel com a despreocupada alegria lúdica dum artista em férias”. Entretanto, no decorrer do trabalho, ao perceber que começava a fazer “perguntas perigosas” como “Que são os judeus? Uma raça? Um povo? Um conjunto de tribos unidas por uma religião comum?”, Verissimo deixou que o bom senso prevalecesse e voltou à sua “pintura”. Pretende-­se, neste artigo, analisar a obra Israel em abril, verificando em que medida o olhar despreocupado do pintor se confunde com o olhar crítico do intelectual no relato de suas impressões em Israel. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais2010-03-30info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/maaravi/article/view/1403910.17851/1982-3053.4.6.80-84Arquivo Maaravi: Revista Digital de Estudos Judaicos da UFMG; v. 4 n. 6 (2010): Arquivos Israel: literatura, arte, cinema; 80-841982-3053reponame:Arquivo Maaravi: Revista Digital de Estudos Judaicos da UFMGinstname:Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)instacron:UFMGporhttps://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/maaravi/article/view/14039/11220Assis, Luciara Lourdes Silva deinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2020-07-20T14:23:12Zoai:periodicos.ufmg.br:article/14039Revistahttp://www.periodicos.letras.ufmg.br/index.php/maaravi/indexPUBhttp://www.periodicos.letras.ufmg.br/index.php/maaravi/oai||lyslei@ufmg.br1982-30531982-3053opendoar:2020-07-20T14:23:12Arquivo Maaravi: Revista Digital de Estudos Judaicos da UFMG - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)false
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title Erico Verissimo: a Brazilian “painter” of Israel
spellingShingle Erico Verissimo: a Brazilian “painter” of Israel
Assis, Luciara Lourdes Silva de
Israel
Viagem
Erico Verissimo
Israel
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Erico Verissimo
title_short Erico Verissimo: a Brazilian “painter” of Israel
title_full Erico Verissimo: a Brazilian “painter” of Israel
title_fullStr Erico Verissimo: a Brazilian “painter” of Israel
title_full_unstemmed Erico Verissimo: a Brazilian “painter” of Israel
title_sort Erico Verissimo: a Brazilian “painter” of Israel
author Assis, Luciara Lourdes Silva de
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Viagem
Erico Verissimo
Israel
Travel
Erico Verissimo
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Viagem
Erico Verissimo
Israel
Travel
Erico Verissimo
description The Brazilian writer Erico Verissimo traveled to Israel with his wife in April 1966, invited by Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The notes made by Verissimo during the route through the major israeli cities were turned into the book Israel in April, written and published three years after the trip. The writer sent to his publisher, along with the handwriting of the opus, a letter in which he showed that his intention when he began writing the book “was ‘to paint’ Israel with the playful carefree joy of an artist on vacation”. However, during the work, he realized that he was making “dangerous questions” like “Who are the Jews? A race? A people? An entirety of tribes connected by a common religion?” Then Verissimo let the common sense prevail and went back to his “painting”. In this paper we intend to study the book Israel in April, analyzing how the writer’s carefree view mixes together with the critical eye of the intellectual when reporting his impressions in Israel.
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