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Epitaph of a Small Winner (Paperback)

by Machado De Assis (Author)
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  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; New edition edition (29 May 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0747533555
  • ISBN-13: 978-0747533559
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 755,251 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This is the posthumous memoir of Braz Cubas, a wealthy 19th-century Brazilian. Though the grave has given Cubas the distance to examine his rather undistinguished life, it has not dampened his sense of humour. Machado de Assis is the author of "Don Cosmurro" and "Philosopher or Dog?"

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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant stuff - amusing and disturbing., 8 Jun 1999
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For anybody who doesn't take philosophy at face value! If you want to know where modern Latin American fiction has its roots, look no further. This novel is a cracking read which is also highly insightful. If you are not a Darwinist, a capitalist, a politician, or a human being you may feel free to read it without fear of being unsettled. In its category, this novel is second only to 'Dom Casmurro,' by the same author. And the introduction is by Louis de Bernieres, no less.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The best novel ever written ? Probably., 15 Aug 2000
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Benefitting from the hindsight afforded to one who is dead, our hero, Bras Cubas decides to take up a pen and write an account of his life. From the grave. Brutally acerbic, sarcastic and above all honest, Mr Cubas pulls no punches about those he loved, envied and disliked; as he takes uS on a wondrous narrative through his life. But above all, knowing the End has already been met, he is brutally honest about himself and his own failings, in the way ( I imagine) only the dead can be. This novel is light years ahead of its time. Astonishing. (nb: this novel has also been translated under the title 'The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas' published by OUP.)
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