Anayde: paixão e morte na Revolucão de 30

Abstract

In this book, José Joffily revives a forbidden novel and writes a penetrating essay against prejudice, both yesterday and today, revealing previously unheard-of facts about the Revolution of 1930 and courageously reconstructing the society of the time through an analysis of its main events. For half a century, Anayde Beiriz's name was hidden behind a heavy curtain of silence, and when someone spoke about it, it was always to be covered in scandal or, at least, malicious reticence. Undeterred by the unjust historical condemnation, José Joffily, in Rio and the Northeast, carried out arduous and meticulous research to finally present the true human dimension of his fellow countrywoman, a woman who loved much, suffered much and who knew how to free herself from life with dignity that her implacable destroyers lacked.