Quincas Borba

AvJoachim Maria Machado de Assis,Celso Favaretto

Inbunden, Engelska, 1999

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Machado de Assis is considered the pre-eminent writer of Brazil. Quincas Borba is one of his four most important novels and features some of the same characters as Memorias Postumas de Bras Cubas. The main character of this novel is a well-meaning country fellow who moves to the city with his dog, Quincas Borba, named after the mad philosopher who was his previous owner. As the dog's new owner explores the social, political, and commercial world of the city, he also tries to come to grips with the motives that lie behind every human action and begins to ponder what madness really is. Despite the "heavy" messages behind this book, the narration is light-hearted, allowing readers to laugh both at the foibles of society and at themselves.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1999-01-21
Mått:147 x 211 x 30 mm
Vikt:499 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Library of Latin America
Antal sidor:320
Förlag:OUP USA
ISBN:9780195106817
Översättare:Rabassa, Gregory

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Joaquim Machado de Assis (1839-1908), the descendent of African slaves, is considered one of the greatest Latin American authors of the last century. His novels include The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas, and Dom Casmurro. Gregory Rabassa is the preeminent American translator of Spanish and Portuguese, whose works include One Hundred Years of Solitude and The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas.Celso Ravaretto teaches at the University of Sao Paolo. David T. Haberly teaches at the University of Virginia.

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"With Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis...we arrive at a genuine subversive, bent on overturning convention but always with an air of leisurely nonchalance.... A spirited translation."--The New York Times Book Review"A graceful new translation of a major novel by the master ironist who remains Brazil's greatest writer of fiction.... A great, teasing, profoundly entertaining book: An unforgettable portrayal of a materially oriented Don Quixote that's also that rariety in any literature--a genuine philosophical novel."--Kirkus