Understanding of the novel Grande Sertão: Veredas, by João Guimarães Rosa, from the following concepts:
the metonymic meaningof the title Grande Sertão: Veredas, as it appears there;
the discursive techniqueused there, which many people think is that of the monologue;
the meaningofword Nonada, which starts the novel;
the meaningof the expression pão ou pães é questão de opiniões, which appears at some moments in Riobaldo's speech, and which presents certain doubts in the translation into other languages;
the philosophiesof the hero Riobaldo; and
the interaction between good and evil**, which functions as the axis of the entire narrative.**