摘要:Animals are almost everywhere in the production of thecontemporary writer Joca Reiners Terron. In A tristeza extraordinária doleopardo-das-neves the question of the vicinity between man and animaldesigns our interrogations on the distinctive ways literature focus thequestion-of-animality. In this novel, the zoographies stress on questionsapparently contradictories as nurturing and training. Following closelythe novel’s “letter” we debate these matters from authors who approachthe animal, especially the philosopher Jacques Derrida.