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Quincas Borba
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Author : Joaquim Machado de Assis
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1999-04-29
Quincas Borba written by Joaquim Machado de Assis and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-04-29 with Fiction categories.
Along with The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas and Dom Casmurro, Quincas Borba is one of Machado de Assis' major works and indeed one of the major works of nineteenth century fiction. With his uncannily postmodern sensibility, his delicious wit, and his keen insight into the political and social complexities of the Brazilian Empire, Machado opens a fascinating world to English speaking readers. When the mad philosopher Quincas Borba dies, he leaves to his friend Rubião the entirety of his wealth and property, with a single stipulation: Rubião must take care of Quincas Borba's dog, who is also named Quincas Borba, and who may indeed have assumed the soul of the dead philosopher. Flush with his newfound wealth, Rubião heads for Rio de Janeiro and plunges headlong into a world where fantasy and reality become increasingly difficult to keep separate. Brilliantly translated by Gregory Rabassa, Quincas Borba is a masterful satire not only on life in Imperial Brazil but the human condition itself.
Quincas Borba A Novel
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Author : Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
language : en
Publisher: Liveright Publishing
Release Date : 2024-07-09
Quincas Borba A Novel written by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis and has been published by Liveright Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-07-09 with Fiction categories.
A satirical tale of a young man flush with newfound wealth who promptly gets swindled, Quincas Borba is an inspired critique of nineteenth-century Brazil. Hailed in his lifetime as one of Latin America’s greatest writers, Machado de Assis (1839–1908) was a storyteller known for his wholly innovative narrative techniques and uncanny talent for unraveling the social and political milieu of nineteenth-century Brazil. These signature traits are on full display in Quincas Borba, a novel that sees Machado satirize a rapidly changing Rio de Janeiro. Originally published in 1891, the story begins with the death of its titular character, a mad philosopher infamous for spouting pessimistic theories of “Humanitism.” Borba leaves his fortune—including his dog, also named Quincas Borba—to Rubião, his loyal caretaker and a schoolteacher by trade. Bestowed with opulence beyond his wildest dreams, Rubião is quickly coaxed into the comforts of a rich man’s life—the only stipulation being that he continues to care for the canine Quincas Borba with the same dedication he once did the human. Adrift in the big, bad, bustling world of late-1860s Rio de Janeiro, it isn’t long before Rubião is targeted by the city’s sycophants, who can smell his naïveté from a mile away. Playfully told by an omniscient and possibly unreliable narrator, the novel is at once irreverent and ambitious, brimming with barbed wit and keen philosophical inquiry. Brilliantly translated by Margaret Jull Costa and Robin Patterson—the duo credited with introducing a new generation of readers to Machado through their translations of Dom Casmurro, The Collected Stories, and Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas—Quincas Borba is another strikingly modern tale from a blazing progenitor of twentieth-century fiction.
The Heritage Of Quincas Borba
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Author : Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977-04-01
The Heritage Of Quincas Borba written by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977-04-01 with categories.
The Heritage Of Quincas Borba A Novel
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Author : Machado de Assis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1954
The Heritage Of Quincas Borba A Novel written by Machado de Assis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1954 with Brazil categories.
Machado De Assis S Philosopher Or Dog
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Author : Surianida Silva
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-07-05
Machado De Assis S Philosopher Or Dog written by Surianida Silva and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-05 with Foreign Language Study categories.
The great Brazilian writer Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839-1908) published five of his nine novels as feuilletons in daily newspapers or fortnightly women's magazines. How were the structure and themes of those novels entangled with this serial-publication form? In da Silva's important new study, textual scholarship, critical theory and the history of the book are combined in order to trace this relationship. The most important case study is an extended consideration of Philosopher or Dog? (1891), the novel after which he abandoned the feuilleton. Through a comparison of the serial and book versions of Philosopher or Dog? and a thorough study of the periodical in which it appeared, the international women's magazine The Season , da Silva analyses the changes which the genre novel was undergoing at the end of the nineteenth century: the decline of the serial, and the standardisation of female press. Ana Claudia Suriani da Silva is Tutor of Portuguese at the University of Birmingham and Honorary Research Fellow at Birkbeck College, University of London.
Philosopher Or Dog
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Author : Machado de Assis
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan
Release Date : 1992-05
Philosopher Or Dog written by Machado de Assis and has been published by Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-05 with Fiction categories.
"The intellectual invention here, the worldly perception, the ultimate resignation- all give this its special interest for a special market which the earlier book will have indicated." - Kirkus Reviews
Quincas Borba
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Author : Machado de Assis
language : pt-BR
Publisher: Google, Inc.
Release Date : 2013-07-10
Quincas Borba written by Machado de Assis and has been published by Google, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-10 with categories.
Quincas Borba
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Author : Machado de Assis
language : pt-BR
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2022-02-15
Quincas Borba written by Machado de Assis and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-15 with Fiction categories.
"Quincas Borba" de Machado de Assis. Publicado pela Editora Good Press. A Editora Good Press publica um grande número de títulos que engloba todos os gêneros. Desde clássicos bem conhecidos e ficção literária — até não-ficção e pérolas esquecidas da literatura mundial: nos publicamos os livros que precisam serem lidos. Cada edição da Good Press é meticulosamente editada e formatada para aumentar a legibilidade em todos os leitores e dispositivos eletrónicos. O nosso objetivo é produzir livros eletrónicos que sejam de fácil utilização e acessíveis a todos, num formato digital de alta qualidade.
Quincas Borba
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Author : Machado de Assis
language : pt-BR
Publisher: Simplíssimo
Release Date : 2024-03-13
Quincas Borba written by Machado de Assis and has been published by Simplíssimo this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-03-13 with Fiction categories.
Rubião, um professor, enlouquece após herdar os bens de seu amigo Quincas Borba.
The Heritage Of Quincas Borba A Novel
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Author : Machado de Assis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1954
The Heritage Of Quincas Borba A Novel written by Machado de Assis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1954 with Brazil categories.