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Posthumous Memoirs of Brs Cubas: A Novel
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- ISBN
- 9781324090502
- Book Title
- Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas : a Novel
- Item Length
- 8.2in
- Publisher
- Liveright Publishing Corporation
- Publication Year
- 2021
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.7in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Classics, Magical Realism, Literary
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 7.4 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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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 Machado de Assis launched the canon of modernist fiction."Sprinkled with epigrams, dreams, gags and asides, the story teases, dances and delights."-- Economist
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Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation
ISBN-10
1324090502
ISBN-13
9781324090502
eBay Product ID (ePID)
16050379727
Product Key Features
Book Title
Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas : a Novel
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Classics, Magical Realism, Literary
Publication Year
2021
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.2in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
7.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pq9697.M18
Reviews
A Playful Masterpiece That Expanded the Novel's Possibilities.... Is it possible that the most modern, most startlingly avant-garde novel to appear this year was originally published in 1881? Margaret Jull Costa and Robin Patterson, who translated the monumental 2018 edition of Machado's 'Collected Stories', offer little historical context, only sparse notes. Their book is unadorned, and often better for it, where the common reader is concerned. We encounter the novel not as a relic, encrusted with renown and analysis, much revered and much handled, but in all its freshness and truculent refusal of fiction's tropes. Jull Costa and Patterson also offer the superior translation. The language is honed and specific, effortless yet charged with feeling.--Parul Sehgal, New York Times One of [De Assis'] most celebrated works, The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas , is being rejuvenated this summer with a new translation by Margaret Jull Costa and Robin Patterson. When first published in 1881, the book breathed new life into Brazilian literature. The new translation feels even fresher.... When it comes to translating Portuguese literature, one cannot find a more qualified translator than Margaret Jull Costa.... The most a reader can ask for is that the translation brings out the irony, wit, and playfulness of Machado de Assis's prose. In that respect, this new translation by the duo is sure to impress.--Pradeep Niroula, Chicago Review of Books Beneath all this outward respectability, his prose was radically ingenious. Ever since The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas , Machado's fifth novel, appeared in 1881 it has astonished readers with its lordly ironies and scorn for convention. The book's invigorating style, as much as its backdrop of racial and social injustice, makes it ideal reading for this morbid, insurgent summer.... The novel floats free of the ambient oppression on currents of mischief and urbanity. Sprinkled with epigrams, dreams, gags and asides, the story teases, dances and delights.... [Machado']s worldly, bruised voice reaches out to touch readers today with its rueful comedy and wry sensuality.--The Economist A great ironist, a tragic comedian. . . . In his books, in their most comic moments, he underlines the suffering by making us laugh.--Philip Roth The greatest writer ever produced in Latin America.--Susan Sontag The supreme black literary artist to date.--Harold Bloom
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