Bibliograph

Dom Casmurro, a novel, Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis ; translated by Margaret Jull Costa and Robin Patterson

Type

Label

Dom Casmurro, a novel, Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis ; translated by Margaret Jull Costa and Robin Patterson

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

Dom Casmurro

Oclc number

1379361838

Responsibility statement

Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis ; translated by Margaret Jull Costa and Robin Patterson

Sub title

a novel

Summary

"Margaret Jull Costa and Robin Patterson's critically acclaimed translations of Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas and The Collected Stories of Machado de Assis introduced a new generation of readers to one of Brazil's most groundbreaking authors. Hailed as "the greatest writer ever produced in Latin America" (Susan Sontag), Machado's genius is on full display in this fresh translation of the 1899 classic Dom Casmurro. In his supposed memoir, Bento Santiago, an engaging yet unreliable narrator, suspects his wife, Capitu, of having an affair with his closest friend. Withdrawn and obsessive, our antihero mines the origins of their love story: from childhood neighbors playing innocently in the backyard to his brief spell in a seminary to marriage and the birth of their child--whom, he fears, does not resemble him. A gripping domestic drama brimming with Machado's signature humor, this is another stunningly modern tale from the progenitor of twentieth-century fiction."--, Provided by publisher

Target audience

adult

Classification