| DOM Casmurro Contributor(s): de Assis, Machado (Author), Caldwell, Helen (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0374523037 ISBN-13: 9780374523039 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: September 2009 Annotation: A stunning novel by one of Brazil's greatest writers. Like other great 19th-century novels, Machado de Assis's DOM CASMURRO explores the themes of marriage and adultery. But what distinguishes Machado's novel from the realism of its contemporaries, and what makes it such a delightful discovery for English-speaking readers, is its eccentric and wildly unpredictable narrative style--a literary genius of the rarest kind. Click for more in this series: FSG Classics |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Historical - General - Literary Criticism | European - Spanish & Portuguese |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2009927450 |
| Series: FSG Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" L (0.60 lbs) 288 pages |
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| Publisher Description: First published in 1900, Dom Casmurro, widely considered Machado de Assis's greatest novel and a classic of Brazilian literature, is a brilliant retelling of the classic adultery tale--a sad and darkly comic novel about love and the corrosive power of jealousy. Bento Santiago, the wildly unreliable narrator of Dom Casmurro, believes that he has been cuckolded--he suspects that his wife has cheated on him with his best friend and that her child is not his. Has Capit , his love since childhood, really been unfaithful to him? Or is the evidence of her betrayal merely the product of a paranoid mind? Deftly translated, Dom Casmurro is a book full of humor, sweetness and a tender melancholy--a book that deserves to be read. - Publishers Weekly |
Contributor Bio(s): de Assis, Machado: - Machado de Assis (1839-1908) is considered one of Brazil's greatest novelists. He was born in Rio de Janeiro, and among his many novels are Philosopher or Dog? and Epitaph of a Small Winner. |
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