The Correspondence of Fradique Mendes - Couverture souple

Eça De Queirós, José Maria De

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 193322732X ISBN 13 : 9781933227320

Editeur : University of Massachusetts Press, 2011

Synopsis

The Correspondence of Fradique Mendes--ostensibly letters, with an arch introduction--actually ranges widely and revels in many forms of discourse. In this singular work, originally published in 1900, one finds meditations, dialogues, observations, grand shifts in tone, occulted ironies, pastiches, lampoons, and an underlying hilarity throughout. Readers will be reminded of Ishmael's lofty digressions, of Ivan Karamazov's dialogues with his imaginary devil, of Flaubert's stylistic virtuosity, of Gogol's quiet comedy--and more. Fradique, at one point, disingenuously tells us he will never write a book because no language is capable of representing the real significance of anything. But Fradique's letters go on to offer us nearly everything, and they presciently anticipate much of what is rightly celebrated in the best of postmodern writing. This magnificent novel now appears in a beautiful and deft translation that will entertain and delight with wit, intelligence and many surprises.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

JOSÉ MARIA DE EÇA DE QUEIRÓS (1845-1900) is Portugal's foremost author of the nineteenth century and its most celebrated novelist before José Saramago. GREGORY RABASSA is the preeminent translator from the Spanish and Portuguese.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Massachusetts Press
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 193322732X
• ISBN 13: 9781933227320
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 152
• Éditeur: Sousa Frank F.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible