New edition, illustrated and in hardcover, of a classic of Brazilian poetry. The raw material of Vinicius de Moraes' work is life, "and only life, with all that is sordid and sublime in it." The Book of Sonnets reveals the naturalness and ingenuity with which the poet is able to transpose small and large moments -- from the most everyday joys and hardships to the highest emotions -- into metered and rhymed form. Originally released in 1957, the volume would include, in the following decades, new compositions: to the 57 selected by the author himself, sixteen scattered poems were added. For Eucanaã Ferraz, who authored the organization and preface of this edition, Vinicius's sonnets "impress for the emotional charge they contain, but also for the malleability that the fixed form acquires in the poet's hands". Here are true jewels of Brazilian poetry, such as "Sonnet of Fidelity" and "Sonnet of Separation", which continue to win over generations of readers with equal enthusiasm. Preface by Eucanaã Ferraz. Afterword by Otto Lara Resende.
