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Hailed in his lifetime as Brazil's greatest writer, Machado de Assis (1839-1908) has found a new generation of readers through a series of critically acclaimed translations by Margaret Jull Costa and Robin Patterson. Now, the duo returns to breathe new life into the irreverent,... Read Full Overview

Bem-vindo ao universo extraordinario de Machado de Assis, um dos maiores vultos da literatura Luso-Brasileira de sempre. Nesta edi o de Quincas Borba, trazemos at si a melhor edi o esta admir vel pe a liter ria do final do s culo XIX. Quincas Borba um romance escrito por... Read Full Overview

"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

Along with The Posthumous Memoirs of Br s 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... Read Full Overview

The rich and eccentric philosopher Quincas Borbas names his dog after himself because he knows his pet will outlive him. Quincas does die first, leaving his fortune to his friend Rube provided that he takes care for the dog. The dim-witted friend is hardly prepared for the life... Read Full Overview

A kind of dialogue with Machado de Assis' previous novel, Mem?rias P?stumas de Bras Cubas, Quincas Borba shares the same characters and situations. In a narrative that mixes both first and third person, this novel tells the story of Rubi??, a former teacher who becomes a rich... Read Full Overview

Seguindo Mem rias P stumas de Br s Cubas (1881), este livro considerado pela cr tica moderna o segundo da trilogia realista de Machado de Assis, em que o autor esteve preocupado em utilizar para criticar os costumes e a filosofia de seu tempo, embora n o subtraia res duos rom... Read Full Overview

Along with The Posthumous Memoirs of Br's 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... Read Full Overview

"Quincas Borba" from Machado de Assis. Escritor brasileiro, amplamente considerado como o maior nome da literatura nacional (1839-1908).

"Quincas Borba" apareceu primeiro em folhetim, na revista "A esta o", depois em volume. Desde ent o, imp s-se como um dos grandes romances da literatura do mundo ocidental. A inflex o que a publica o de "Mem rias p stumas de Br s Cubas" tinha representado na obra pessoal de... Read Full Overview

Bem-vindo ao maravilhoso mundo de Machado de Assis. Nesta edi o cl ssica do seu romance Quincas Borba, trazemos at si esta admir vel pe a liter ria do final do s culo XIX e in cio do s culo XX. Quincas Borba um romance escrito por Machado de Assis, desenvolvido em princ pio... Read Full Overview

Quincas Borba ? um romance escrito por Machado De Assis, este livro ? considerado pela critica moderna o segundo livro da trilogia realista de Machado De Assis, em que o autor estava preocupado com a ironia e o pessimismo para criticar os costumes e filosofias de seu tempo,... Read Full Overview