Archaic Labranza, the first novel by Nassar, situates the action in a Brazilian farm, in a rural and primitive universe with marked Old Testament echoes, to narrate the flight and the return of André, luck of a prodigal son who, tired of austerity, hardships and obligations, and fearful of the figure of the father, decides to leave the house and the lands of the family, carrying a dark and unspeakable secret, and walk his own way to the elements. The prose of archaic Labranza is lyrical and sensual, transited from a biblical intensity, and revels in the painful dilemmas between body and soul, law and transgression, family and individual to devise a fascinating, profound and beautiful text.