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by Machado de Assis (Author), Helen Caldwell (Translator)
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 Capitú, 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 WeeklyFront Jacket
Praise for author Machado de Assis
[Machado de Assis] is a great ironist, a tragic comedian. In his books, in their most comic moments, he underlines the suffering by making us laugh.--Philip Roth Machado de Assis is a kind of miracle. --Harold Bloom I am astonished that a writer of such greatness does not yet occupy the place he deserves. --Susan Sontag Machado retrieves from Cervantes the origins of the novel as illusion, play, ambiguity and adventure.--K. David Jacks on, The New York Times Book ReviewBack Jacket
Praise for author Machado de Assis
"[Machado de Assis] is a great ironist, a tragic comedian. In his books, in their most comic moments, he underlines the suffering by making us laugh."--Philip Roth "Machado de Assis is a kind of miracle." --Harold Bloom "I am astonished that a writer of such greatness does not yet occupy the place he deserves." --Susan Sontag "Machado retrieves from Cervantes the origins of the novel as illusion, play, ambiguity and adventure."--K. David Jacks on, The New York Times Book ReviewAuthor Biography
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.
Number of Pages: 288
Dimensions: 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN
Publication Date: September 15, 2009
