Dom Pantero Manuscripts

In the mid-1980s, Ariano Suassuna wrote the first notes to the Romance de Dom Pantero no Palco dos Pecadores, which would be published posthumously in 2017. A self-declared perfectionist, he made many changes until it reached its final form . It is impossible to quantify the episodes and scenes cut and added, the names of characters changed, parts entirely rewritten or simply discarded. The author left thousands of handwritten pages, such as the ones presented here, with excerpts of texts and images, photocopied and pasted, in a relentless search for the best result.

In the mid-1980s, Ariano Suassuna jotted down, at the Palco dos Pecadores, the first notes for his novel Dom Pantero, which would be published posthumously in 2017. A declared perfectionist, there were many alterations made in his work before it reached its final format. It is impossible to quantify the number of episodes and scenes that were cut and added, the names of characters that were changed, the passages that were entirely re-written or simply dismissed. The author left thousands of pages of manuscripts, in his incessant search for the best result.