Description
First published in 1900, Dom Casmurro, widely considered Machado de Assis's greatest novel and a classic of Brazilian literature, is a brilliant retelling of the classic adultery tale--a sad and darkly comic novel about love and the corrosive power of jealousy.
Bento Santiago, the wildly unreliable narrator of Dom Casmurro, believes that he has been cuckolded--he suspects that his wife has cheated on him with his best friend and that her child is not his. Has Capit , his love since childhood, really been unfaithful to him? Or is the evidence of her betrayal merely the product of a paranoid mind? Deftly translated, Dom Casmurro is a book full of humor, sweetness and a tender melancholy--a book that deserves to be read. - Publishers WeeklyAuthor: Machado de Assis
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 09/15/2009
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9780374523039
ISBN10: 0374523037
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Historical | General
- Literary Criticism | European | Spanish & Portuguese
About the Author
Machado de Assis (1839-1908) was born in Rio de Janeiro. Among his many novels are Philosopher or Dog? and Epitaph of a Small Winner.