Presença da obra de José Saramago no Brasil: a chegada

Abstract

The story of José Saramago’s work in Brazil is still waiting to be written. This article presents itself as a contribution in this direction. It is a sociological piece of literary habits, given the interest of socio-historical description of the consolidation of a literary work in the symbolic economy of a country. The time frame, designated as arrival, covers the late 1970s and mid-1988, prioritizing two printed newspapers from São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro as sources. Therefore, it is a way of starting to tell a story, which is still waiting to be told.