Dom Casmurro : A Novel Paperback - 2009
by de Assis, Machado
- Used
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.
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Details
- Title Dom Casmurro : A Novel
- Author de Assis, Machado
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 288
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- Date 2009-09
- Bookseller's Inventory # 3963317-6
- ISBN 9780374523039 / 0374523037
- Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
- Dimensions 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.9 in (20.83 x 13.72 x 2.29 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Latin America
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009927450
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
From the rear cover
Praise for author Machado de Assis
"[Machado de Assis] is a great ironist, a tragic comedian. In his books, in their most comic moments, he underlines the suffering by making us laugh."--Philip Roth "Machado de Assis is a kind of miracle." --Harold Bloom "I am astonished that a writer of such greatness does not yet occupy the place he deserves." --Susan Sontag "Machado retrieves from Cervantes the origins of the novel as illusion, play, ambiguity and adventure."--K. David Jacks on, The New York Times Book Review