Joaquim Maria Machado De Assis

Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas

A Novel

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Now considered a progenitor of South American fiction, Machado de Assis's highly experimental novel is finally rendered as a stunningly contemporary work. Narrating from beyond the grave, Brás Cubas-an enigmatic, amusing and frequently insufferable antihero-describes his childhood spent tormenting household slaves, his bachelor years of torrid affairs, and his final days obsessing over nonsensical poultices. Rejuvenated (Pradeep Niroula, Chicago Review of Books) by Margaret Jull Costa and Robin Patterson's fresh new translation, Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas is a work of acerbic mockery and deep pathos that offers a bird's-eye view of how… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Costa, Margaret Jull (Übers.) / Patterson, Robin (Übers.)

ISBN: 978-1-324-09050-2
EAN: 9781324090502
Produktnummer: 34786389
Verlag: WW Norton & Co
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Seitenangabe: 256 S.
Abbildungen: Frontispiece

Über den Autor

Machado De Assis (1839-1908) was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is the groundbreaking author of such works as Quincas Borba, Dom Casmurro, as well as The Collected Stories of Machado de Assis.