Partial view of the streets of São Paulo in Eles eram muitos cavalos by Luiz Ruffato

Abstract

From the movements of characters throughout the metropolis of São Paulo, on May 9^th, 2000, in Eles eram muitos cavalos episodes, by Ruffato, published in 2001 and reissued, after twelve years, by Companhia das Letras, the article aims to analyze a representation of the São Paulo capital under the street view. According to the Carlos’ (2007) and DaMatta’s (1997) perspective, a street will no longer be considered as a place to be but as a place of passage and encounter, of fluidity and movement, but that also admits other uses, even in the course of only a day. Thus, it is clear that a fusion is present between the urban degradation present in the labyrinthine streets of São Paulo, a characterization of Ruffatian characters and a fragmented structure of the narratives and of the book as a whole.