Incidente em Antares is a book written by Érico Veríssimo in 1971 about the eponymous incident, in which the unburied (due to the gravediggers' strike) dead rise from their coffins and roam the city of Antares. There's also a great deal of exposition about the fictional city, two enemy families (the Vacarianos and the Campolargos), and the history of Rio Grande do Sul.
Incidente em Antares contains examples of:
- The '60s: The last pages of the first part and all of the second part take place in 1963, just before the Brazilian Military Regime.
- Alliterative Name: Pedro Paulo.
- All Love Is Unrequited: Mendes is in love with Rita, and has been since they were young, and so is Padre Pedro Paulo for Vanessa.
- Amoral Attorney: Cicero Branco was this in life, as he only wanted to have the Campolargos as clients because he'd get a large sum of money and was involved in a document falsification case.
- Badass Preacher: Padre Pedro Paulo. He takes part in the gravediggers' strike, helps Rita Paz run away to Argentina, leads João Paz to speak one last time with Rita and generally doesn't let any injustice happen on his watch. Of course, that earns him the moniker of commie.
- Bedroom Adultery Scene: Efigênia Branco is caught by her undead husband with her lover.
- Blatant Lies: After seeing João's disfigured body due to Inocêncio's and his henchmen's torture, Dr. Lázaro puts "pulmonary embolism" as the cause of his death on his death record.
- Body Horror:
- The medic who stitched Pudim de Cachaça's body did it badly.
- João Paz's corpse, due to his torture at the hands of Inocêncio. The result includes facial disfigurement and a broken arm (and probably a leg).
- Child Prodigy: Menandro Olinda, at the piano.
- Cycle of Revenge: Between the Vacarianos and the Campolargos, at least until Getúlio Vargas shows up.
- Deadpan Snarker: Cicero Branco, Quitéria has shades of this as well. He snarks frequently about the town's citizens, his own condition and his wife's infidelity. Quitéria, however, shows that side when she sees her family arguing about her jewelry the morning after she died instead of grieving for her.
- Design Student's Orgasm: One of the covers made by Editora Globo has a minimalist scheme, featuring a red sun over the town of Antares, drawn in black and white, all over a beige background
. - Domestic Abuse: Pudim de Cachaça used to beat up his wife when he got drunk, which is why she poisoned him.
- Driven to Suicide:
- Romualdo Vacariano, after being raped in public as revenge for the death of Terézio Campolargo.
- Menandro Olinda, the pianist who sliced his wrists.
- Eyepatch of Power: Benjamin Campolargo used one of those for a very long time.
- Feuding Families: The Vacarianos and the Campolargos. They used to, anyway.
- Freudian Excuse: Inocêncio saw his father kill a man and then leave his mother when he was a kid, which could've influenced his Knight Templar tendencies. However, Padre Pedro Paulo doesn't buy that for one second, and believes he should be punished.
- Gossipy Hens: The Balmaceda sisters. They not only make a living of spying others lives but also send anonymous letters telling the citizens about other citizens ' secrets.
- He Who Fights Monsters: Might have happened to Inocêncio Pigarço, according to Padre Gerôncio. Child Inocêncio saw his father kill a man, run away from the law and abandon him and his mom. He later became the town's deputy and now abuses his power to torture and imprison anybody he sees as a criminal.
- Historical Domain Character: Getúlio Vargas, naturally.
- Historical Fiction: The characters constantly find themselves in various historical moments, and meeting historical figures.
- Hooker with a Heart of Gold: Rosinha and Erotildes. Erotildes immediately shows sympathy for Rosinha after knowing about her rape and Rosinha immediately accepts her undead friend (despite her smell of a rotting corpse).
- Hypocrite: Tibério Vacariano, who cheats on his wife and made his fortune illegally, is the (substitute) president of the Cross Legionnaires, who preach morality and family values.
- I Have No Son!: Inverted, Mauro Pigarço has no father.
- I Was Quite a Looker: Erotildes used to, being considered one of Antares' beauties and attracting powerful clients as a prostitute.
- Generational Saga: It goes in great detail about the Vacarianos and the Campolargos. Since their arrival to the town until the events of December 13th, 1963.
- Gratuitous English: Courtesy of the American couple.
- Gratuitous French: Filled with it, the worst offender is Cicero Branco.
- Ironic Name: Deputy Inocêncio note Pigarço, the guy who tortures political prisoners.
- Let Us Never Speak of This Again: That's what the city's powerful men decide to do about the incident.
- Magical Realism: The incident, as the dead rise from their coffins after there's a general strike which the undertakers join and close the cemetery.
- Meaningful Name: João Paz note is a pacifist.
- Pudim de Cachaça note is the town's drunkard.
- The Shadow Knows: The dead have no shadow.
- Shaming the Mob: The dead do this to the population of Antares.
- Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: Again, Cicero's reason for existing. Everything is a reason for long speeches.
- Someone to Remember Him By: Rita Paz is pregnant.
- 13 Is Unlucky: The dead rise on December 13th, 1963, a Friday.
- Torture Is Ineffective:
- João Paz and his wife, Rita, are tortured due to being suspected of affiliation with a communist group. The only problem is that they're innocent; this eventually leads to João's death.
- The fear of losing her baby (and her life) is actually the reason why Rita says random names of their friends to the torturers.
- True Companions: Rosinha to Erotildes, and Alambique to Pudim de Cachaça.
