Abstract
Histórias de Alexandre, by Graciliano Ramos, was published in 1944, when the writer lived in Rio de Janeiro. A few years earlier, in 1938, had come to public Vidas Secas, the last of his devoted novels. It's possible to say that Graciliano was in an important creative moment, publishing articles and stories in the press in Rio. Histórias de Alexandre received little media attention, being…