Posthumous Memoirs of Br?s Cubas
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Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, the son of a mulatto father and a washerwoman, and the grandson of freed slaves, was not, originally, expecting literary encomiums in his lifetime, especially not for Brás Cubas. And yet, his prodigious output of novels, plays, and stories would influence generations of South American writers. Now, with this coruscating new translation of one of his most compelling novels, esteemed translators Margaret Jull Costa and Robin Patterson reveal a pivotal moment in Machado's career, as his flights of the surreal became his literary hallmark.
In eloquent, contemporary prose, Costa and Patterson breathe new life into the dynamic character of Brás Cubas and reveal the vivid, tempestuous Rio de Janeiro of his time. The recently deceased Cubas narrates his life story, admitting glibly: "I am not so much a writer who has died, as a dead man who has decided to write." His life, therefore, is relayed out of order, beginning with his funeral, and then stepping back to offer "a brief genealogical sketch." An enigmatic, amusing and frequently insufferable anti-hero, Cubas describes his childhood spent tormenting household slaves and meddling cheekily in adult affairs, through his bachelor years navigating his own torrid affairs, up to his final days obsessing over nonsensical poultices.
Fantastical in structure and enthralling in tone, Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas is a deeply human story of a somber life--how much of it reflects the author's own personality we will never know. At once a work of uproarious mockery and great sympathy, this is Machado de Assis at his most pathbreaking: an incisive observer of the human condition, and a founding father of modernist fiction.
Author: Joaquim Maria Machado De Assis
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
Published: 06/16/2020
Pages: 256
Weight: 1.1lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781631495328
About the Author
Patterson, Robin: - Award-winning translator Robin Patterson lives in England.Costa, Margaret Jull: - Margaret Jull Costa, who has translated José Saramago and Machado de Assis, lives in England.De Assis, Joaquim Maria Machado: - Machado De Assis (1839-1908) was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is the groundbreaking author of such works as Quincas Borba, Dom Casmurro, as well as The Collected Stories of Machado de Assis.
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