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100 1 a| Machado de Assis, Joaquim Mariad| 1839-1908e| Authory| por?| UNAUTHORIZED;

245 14 a| The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubash| [electronic resource];

250 a| Reprint;

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300 a| 240 p.c| 05.300 x 07.900 in.;

440 0 a| Library of Latin America Ser.;

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520 8 a| Annotationb| "Be aware that frankness is the prime virtue of a dead man," writes the narrator ofThe Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas. But while he may be dead, he is surely one of the liveliest characters in fiction, a product of one of the most remarkable imaginations in all of literature, Brazil's greatest novelist of the nineteenth century, Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis. By turns flippant and profound,The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubasis the story of an unheroic man with half-hearted political ambitions, a harebrained idea for curing the world of melancholy, and a thousand quixotic theories unleashed from beyond the grave. It is a novel that has influenced generations of Latin American writers but remains refreshingly and unforgettably unlike anything written before or after it. Newly translated by Gregory Rabassa and superbly edited by Enylton de Sá Rego and Gilberto Pinheiro Passos, this Library of Latin America edition brings to English-speaking readers a literary delight of the highest order.;

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The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas

Author/creator	Machado de Assis, Joaquim Maria Author
Other author	Rabassa, Gregory Translator
Other author	Sa Rego, Enylton Foreword by
Other author	Passos, Gilberto P. Afterword by
Format	Electronic
Edition	Reprint
Publication Info	New York : Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Description	240 p. 05.300 x 07.900 in.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Fiction--General.

Series	Library of Latin America Ser.
Summary	Annotation "Be aware that frankness is the prime virtue of a dead man," writes the narrator of<em>The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas</em>. But while he may be dead, he is surely one of the liveliest characters in fiction, a product of one of the most remarkable imaginations in all of literature, Brazil's greatest novelist of the nineteenth century, Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis.<br />By turns flippant and profound,<em>The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas</em>is the story of an unheroic man with half-hearted political ambitions, a harebrained idea for curing the world of melancholy, and a thousand quixotic theories unleashed from beyond the grave. It is a novel that has influenced generations of Latin American writers but remains refreshingly and unforgettably unlike anything written before or after it. Newly translated by Gregory Rabassa and superbly edited by Enylton de Sá Rego and Gilberto Pinheiro Passos, this Library of Latin America edition brings to English-speaking readers a literary delight of the highest order.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
ISBN	9780195101706
ISBN	0195101707 (Trade Paper) Active Record
Standard identifier#	9780195101706
Stock number	00020142

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