Description
In these memoirs, Braz Cubas, a wealthy nineteenth-century Brazilian, examines (from beyond the grave) his rather undistinguished life in 160 short chapters that are filled with philosophical digressions and exuberant insights. A clear forerunner of Gabriel Garc?a M?rquez and Jorge Luis Borges, Epitaph for a Small Winner, first published in 1880, is one of the wittiest self-portraits in literary history as well as "one of the masterpieces of Brazilian literature" (Salman Rushdie).
Author: Machado de Assis
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 04/29/2008
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9780374531232
ISBN10: 0374531234
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | World Literature | Brazil
About the Author
Machado de Assis (1839-1908) is considered one of Brazil's greatest novelists.