
Brazilian Tales
Medeiros e Albuquerque, Henrique Coelho Netto, Carmen Dolores, Machado de Assis
48,95 kr

Narrated by a dead man from beyond the grave, this darkly comic autobiography traces the life of Brás Cubas, a privileged Brazilian born into Rio de Janeiro's elite.
70,76 kr
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"Memorias Posthumas de Braz Cubas" by Machado de Assis is a novel published in 1881. Narrated by a dead man from beyond the grave, this darkly comic autobiography traces the life of Brás Cubas, a privileged Brazilian born into Rio de Janeiro's elite. Through cynical wit and non-linear storytelling, the "defunto-autor" recounts his selfish childhood, failed loves, adulterous affair with Virgília, and futile pursuits of glory. This groundbreaking work launched Brazilian Realism while satirizing slavery, social class, and nineteenth-century society with unprecedented irony and pessimism.
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Medeiros e Albuquerque, Henrique Coelho Netto, Carmen Dolores, Machado de Assis
48,95 kr
