Pau brasil : Cancioneiro de Oswald de Andrade, prefaciado por Paulo Prado, illuminado por Tarsila

Emerging from a vibrant Parisian atelier in 1925, this debut poetry collection announces a bold reimagining of Brazilian verse. Oswald de Andrade declares the nation's voice ready to break free from the stale sonnets and Romantic clichés that had long dominated Portuguese‑language poetry. He invokes the image of the pau‑brasil tree as a symbol of a raw, untamed Brazil eager to speak its own language.

The poems pulse with urban slang, fragmented rhythms and striking visual metaphors that echo the contemporary avant‑garde movements of painting and music. While rooted in the political and cultural ferment of the early twentieth century, the verses celebrate everyday life, nature and the restless desire for artistic liberty. Listeners will hear the birth of a literary manifesto that sparked a generation of modernists eager to reshape Brazil’s cultural identity.