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The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas

by Dave Eggers, Machado de Assis, Flora Thomson-DeVeaux
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The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas
The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas

Unique Unconventional and darkly humorous memoir from beyond the grave.

This book is perfect for those who crave a truly unique and unconventional read. Through the hilarious and self-aware narrative of the ghostly Brás Cubas, Machado de Assis takes us on a journey filled with failed romances, political ambitions, and philosophical musings. This literary masterpiece showcases the author's masterful storytelling and is sure to leave a lasting impression on readers. Don't miss out on this darkly humorous and thought-provoking exploration of life, death, and everything in between.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas

by Dave Eggers, Machado de Assis, Flora Thomson-DeVeaux
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ISBN: 9780143135036
Authors: Dave Eggers, Machado de Assis, Flora Thomson-DeVeaux
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date of Publication: 2020-06-02
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Romance
Related Topics: Classics, Literature, Classics
Goodreads rating: 4.25
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Description

A revelatory new translation of the playful, incomparable masterpiece of one of the greatest black authors in the Americas. The mixed-race grandson of ex-slaves, Machado de Assis is not only Brazil's most celebrated writer but also a writer of world stature, who has been championed by the likes of Philip Roth, Susan Sontag, Allen Ginsberg, John Updike, and Salman Rushdie. In his masterpiece, the 1881 novel The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas (translated also as Epitaph of a Small Winner), the ghost of a decadent and disagreeable aristocrat decides to write his memoir. He dedicates it to the worms gnawing at his corpse and tells of his failed romances and halfhearted political ambitions, serves up harebrained philosophies, and complains with gusto from the depths of his grave. Wildly imaginative, wickedly witty, and ahead of its time, the novel has been compared to the work of everyone from Cervantes to Sterne to Joyce to Nabokov to Borges to Calvino, and has influenced generations of writers around the world. This new English translation is the first to include extensive notes providing crucial historical and cultural context. Unlike other editions, it also preserves Machado's original chapter breaks--each of the novel's 160 short chapters begins on a new page--and includes excerpts from previous versions of the novel never before published
 

Unique Unconventional and darkly humorous memoir from beyond the grave.

This book is perfect for those who crave a truly unique and unconventional read. Through the hilarious and self-aware narrative of the ghostly Brás Cubas, Machado de Assis takes us on a journey filled with failed romances, political ambitions, and philosophical musings. This literary masterpiece showcases the author's masterful storytelling and is sure to leave a lasting impression on readers. Don't miss out on this darkly humorous and thought-provoking exploration of life, death, and everything in between.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.