by Nuno Pacheco · GRADIVA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789896169145
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«Acordo Ortográfico: Um Beco Com Saída» is the critical essay by Nuno Pacheco, published by Gradiva in paperback (208 pages, in Portuguese).
The book analyses the 1990 Orthographic Agreement as a pact born of fear and falsehood: the fear that Brazilian Portuguese would be called «brasileño» and the claim that it was the only language with two official orthographies. Pacheco argues that unification is not essential and that orthography tends to be plural; he proposes recognising national variants and abandoning that chimera.
The first Portuguese edition appeared in 2019; the cover indicates the Trajetos collection from Gradiva.
A book aimed at those following the debate on the Orthographic Agreement and the evolution of the Portuguese language.
