Quincas Borba - Couverture souple

De Assis, Joaquim Maria Machado

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0195106822 ISBN 13 : 9780195106824

Editeur : Oxford University Press USA, 1998

Synopsis

Machado de Assis is considered the pre-eminent writer of Brazil. Quincas Borba is one of his four most important novels and features some of the same characters as Memorias Postumas de Bras Cubas.
The main character of this novel is a well-meaning country fellow who moves to the city with his dog, Quincas Borba, named after the mad philosopher who was his previous owner. As the dog's new owner explores the social, political, and commercial world of the city, he also tries to come to grips with the motives that lie behind every human action and begins to ponder what madness really is. Despite the "heavy" messages behind this book, the narration is light-hearted, allowing readers to laugh both at the foibles of society and at themselves.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Gregory Rabassa is the preeminent American translator of Spanish and Portuguese, whose works include One Hundred Years of Solitude and The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas. Celso Favaretto teaches at the University of São Paulo. David T. Haberly teaches at the University of Virginia.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press USA
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0195106822
• ISBN 13: 9780195106824
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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