Read work by the 2004 PEN Translation Fund Award winners in PEN America 6. Home > João Guimarães Rosa | | Grande Sertão: Veredas This is an extraordinary novel of the backlands of Brazil. There's a long out-of-print translation by James L. Taylor and Harriet de Onís titled, wrongly, The Devil to Pay in the Backlands. Recommended by Gwyneth Cravens. Home | Site Map | Copyright / Privacy Policy | Contact Us © 2004-2008 PEN American Center. All rights reserved.