It is narrated in first person by the son of a man who decides to leave the family and the whole society to live within a small [canoe] in a huge river.
[2] About orality, Rónai observes that the tales of "First Stories" use idioms that we are accustomed to hear in the mouths of people and that, in their fruity vigor, give delicious flavor and energy to the popular speech.
He uses as examples the following sentences extracted from this short story: "Nosso pai nada não dizia.
[4] As stated earlier, Rosa not only portrays a popular and peasant speech, but also invents new words and terms in his texts.
[5] The song "The third bank of the river", with music by Milton Nascimento and lyrics by Caetano Veloso, was composed in 1991,[6] explicitly from the eponymous tale of Guimarães Rosa.