Quincas Borba (Library of Latin America) - Hardcover

Machado De Assis, Joaquim Maria; Rabassa, Gregory

 
9780195106817: Quincas Borba (Library of Latin America)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0195106814 ISBN 13: 9780195106817
Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc, 1998

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A brilliant and moving satire on love, madness, and life in Imperial Brazil

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Joaquim Machado de Assis (1839-1908), the descendent of African slaves, is considered one of the greatest Latin American authors of the last century. His novels include The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas, and Dom Casmurro. Gregory Rabassa is the preeminent American translator of Spanish and Portuguese, whose works include One Hundred Years of Solitude and The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas. Celso Ravaretto teaches at the University of Sao Paolo. David T. Haberly teaches at the University of Virginia.

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When the mad philosopher Quincas Borba dies, he leaves to his friend Rubiao the entirety of his wealth and property, with a single stipulation: Rubiao must take care of Quincas Borba's dog, who is also named Quincas Borba, and who may indeed have assumed the soul of the dead philosopher. Flush with his newfound wealth, Rubiao heads for Rio de Janeiro and plunges headlong into a world where fantasy and reality become increasingly difficult to keep separate. We encounter roses that speak to each other, discussing the character and actions of their owner, Sofia; even the stars above occasionally comment, sarcastically, on the humans below. When Rubiao falls in love with the wife of his best friend, we see adultery as yet another betrayal of reality. Rubiao's own hold on reality becomes ever more tenuous as he makes elaborate plans for his marriage, even though he has no bride, and fantasizes that he has become Napoleon III. The very nature of reality, the novel seems to he saying, is an agreed-upon fiction told by an unreliable narrator.

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Verlag
Oxford University Press Inc
Erscheinungsdatum
1998
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0195106814
ISBN 13 
9780195106817
Einband
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Anzahl der Seiten
290
Herausgeber
Favaretto Celso, Haberly David T.
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