Dom Casmurro
At last, a new translation of Machado's masterpiece that is complete (unlike Scott-Buccleuch's 1992 version - see HLAS 54:5078 - which omitted key chapters) and highly readable. Gledson produces a much-needed, graceful and accurate translation, attentive to Machado's tone and rhythms. Hansen's...
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At last, a new translation of Machado's masterpiece that is complete (unlike Scott-Buccleuch's 1992 version - see HLAS 54:5078 - which omitted key chapters) and highly readable. Gledson produces a much-needed, graceful and accurate translation, attentive to Machado's tone and rhythms. Hansen's Afterword is excellent--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780380496686 (0380496682)
Publish date: May 1st 1980
Publisher: Avon
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Read For School,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
19th Century,
Latin American,
Portuguese Literature,
Brazil
This book is a first-person narrative about the life of Bento.Bento recalls his youth and adulthood, and tells about his friendships, education, romantic life, and family relationships.Machado de Assis tells a story about a man consumed by his own jealousy. This book contains one of the most intrigu...
Olha, sinceramente, vai tomar no cu todo mundo desse livro KKKK bando de maluco x_x.
Eu entendo a importância desse romance para a literatura brasileira e como Machado de Assis a representa, mas esse não é meu tipo de livro. Nem tenho uma razão lógica para justificar, mas acho que saber demais da vida do autor (como, por exemplo, que renegava a sua origem e raça) fez com que eu ...
Machado de Assis is apparently Brazil's best-loved author and an antecedent of the magical realist style, and I'd never heard of him until this year. It's exciting when I find things like this. Well, that and a little humbling.Dom Casmurro is a weird and wonderful book. It's about a lifelong love...
Enjoyable very modern read with an unreliable narrator describing the romance of his life, but with his judgement and memory clouded by an obsessive jealousy.
56 years ago
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