Este ensaio discute as representações da infância em contos de Clarice Lispector e Guimarães Rosa, a partir das relações familiares, do medo e da descoberta da sexualidade.
The regional element of both masterpieces has as an important element the use of the spoken language of the time, incorporating colloquialisms, local proverbs and images and ways of expression in conflict with the standard speech of the period. The result of this element makes the books decidedly
regional while lifting them into universality because of the theme and the dramatic conflicts.