Where is Grande Sertão: Veredas (1956) set?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. In the backlands (sertão) of Minas Gerais, Goiás and Bahia
- Step 1: The jagunço bands cross the interior. Step 2. Guimarães Rosa set it in the sertão of the central-north. Answer: In the sertão. Why not the others: The other settings belong to other works.
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