Ada ou Ardor - Crônica de uma Família
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9788535907179
Publish date: 2005
Publisher: Companhia das Letras
Pages no: 472
Edition language: Portuguese
I came to a strange realization while reading this book: that practically every instance I can think of where an author used an unreliable narrator, it's always the same character: he's an intelligent, introspective guy with a slight cynical mean streak, a man with a fairly high opinion of himself (...
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