Diálogos do ócio: um inventário de décadas de amizade do autor com o poeta Manoel de Barros

Abstract

This book is the result of a grateful undertaking in which Bosco Martins reveals to the public the everyday life of the creator of his own dialect, owner of a “sui-generis” language; the depths of a simple man, who carried within himself an immense poet, with a keen perception of life, not only in its greatness, but also in its “little things”. A poet who transposed concepts and prejudices from man's habits and knowledge, showing that the useless is a source of creation, just as in idleness one also exercises thought. As a friend, admirer and disciple, the author felt the need to interpret and give meaning to the uniqueness of the work of Manoel de Barros, a poet who valued the little things in life, portraying simple and humble people, drunks, crazy people... Far from the pretense of bringing a biography, due to the transcendent nature of Manoel de Barros, this inventory brings together facts that surrounded the life of this poet who strengthened another way of seeing the world. This publication that brings, among others, these particularities. To whom did the poet give the first reading of his work? And more, did you take an opinion into account before publicizing your art? If the opinion was divergent, was it humble enough to rewrite? Was it easy work, “did it by heart” as they say, or did you work hard until you sweated or exhausted yourself? It is worth getting to know a little of the history of Manoel de Barros in this collection of rare interviews, reports and “conversations in confidence” from 30 years of “Dialogos do Ócio” that journalist Bosco Martins had with the poet.