Joaquim Maria Machado De Assis

Quincas Borba: A Novel (eBook, ePUB)

Übersetzer: Costa, Margaret Jull; Patterson, Robin

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A vibrant new translation of Machado de Assis's classic novel about a young man flush with newfound wealth, who promptly gets swindled.

Hailed in his lifetime as Brazil's greatest writer, Machado de Assis (18391908) 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, ambitious, and darkly funny Quincas Borba. Originally published in 1891, the novel begins with the death of its titular character, a mad philosopher infamous for spouting pessimistic theories of Humanitism. Borba leaves his fortuneincluding his dog, also named Quincas Borbato Rubião, his loyal caretaker. 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 omniscientand possibly unreliablenarrator, and rife with Machado's signature satirical jabs, Quincas Borba is another strikingly modern tale from a blazing progenitor of twentieth-century fiction.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Liveright
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781324090694
• Artikelnr.: 68970011