The Yellow Sofa
This volume brings together four of the author's beguiling shorter works. Alves comes home early to celebrate his birthday and finds Lulu, his wife, in the arms of another man, reclining on the eponymous yellow sofa. The Three Portraits are telling examples of the short story.
This volume brings together four of the author's beguiling shorter works. Alves comes home early to celebrate his birthday and finds Lulu, his wife, in the arms of another man, reclining on the eponymous yellow sofa. The Three Portraits are telling examples of the short story.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780811213394 (0811213390)
Pages no: 128
Edition language: English
I learned about Eca de Queiros through literary critic Michael Dirda. Depending on who you ask, Eca de Queiros gets lumped alongside Dickens, Flaubert, Tolstoy, Balzac, and other greats. High praise! And The Yellow Sofa didn't disappoint. It's an excellently written novella loaded with humor, irony,...
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