Epitaph of a Small Winner
Braz Cubas, a philosphic hedonist, tells his life story from the grave: a startlingly frank account of how his loves and his academic and political ambitions are sacrificed to a free-wheeling expediency.Published in 1880, this novel is a classic portrait of self-betrayal. Frank, ironic and...
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Braz Cubas, a philosphic hedonist, tells his life story from the grave: a startlingly frank account of how his loves and his academic and political ambitions are sacrificed to a free-wheeling expediency.Published in 1880, this novel is a classic portrait of self-betrayal. Frank, ironic and extremely funny, it is fifty years ahead of its time in thought and technique, and i
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Format: Paperback
Publisher: penguin books ltd (2006)
Pages no: 340
Edition language: English
“Do not mourn the dead. They know what they are doing.” ― Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the StarWith those lines, Lispector might have introduced this novel by her countryman. Told from the other side of the grave, we learn of the narrator’s small successes and small failures, ultimately balanced i...
Original and very entertaining. But more prosecco than champagne.
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