The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras CubasAuthor :
Paperback
Published : Thursday 26 August 2021
Description
A revelatory new translation of the playful, incomparable masterpiece of one of the greatest Black authors in the AmericasMachado de Assis is not only Brazil's most celebrated writer but also a writer of world stature. In his masterpiece, the 1881 novel The Posthumous Memoirs of BrA¡s Cubas (also translated as Epitaph of a Small Winner), the ghost of a decadent and disagreeable aristocrat decides to write his memoir. He dedicates it to the worms gnawing at his corpse and tells of his failed romances and half-hearted political ambitions, serves up hare-brained philosophies and complains with gusto from the depths of his grave. Wildly imaginative, wickedly witty and ahead of its time, the novel has been compared to works by Cervantes, Sterne, Joyce, Nabokov, Borges and Calvino, and has influenced generations of writers around the world.
You may also like ...
by
Paperback
26 Aug 2021
Classic fiction: general and literary
€17.54
Extended stock – Dispatch 5-7 days
by
Paperback
31 Dec 2023
Rural communities
€35.09
Extended stock – Dispatch 5-7 days
by
Hardback
01 Jun 1997
Ancient, classical and medieval texts
€41.65
Extended stock – Dispatch 5-7 days
by
Paperback
15 Nov 2012
European history
€42.11
Extended stock – Dispatch 5-7 days
Reviews