Epitaph of a Small Winner: A Novel
Machado De Assis
ISBN 10: 0374521921 ISBN 13: 9780374521929
Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1990
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Synopsis:
“I am a deceased writer not in the sense of one who has written and is now deceased, but in the sense of one who had died and is now writing.” So begins the posthumous memoir of Braz Cubas, a wealthy nineteenth-century Brazilian. Though the grave has given Cubas the distance to examine his rather undistinguished life, it has not dampened his sense of humor. In the tradition of Laurence Stern’s Tristram Shamdy, Epitaph of a Small Winner is one of the wittiest self-portraits in literary history.
About the Author:
Machado de Assis was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1839 and died in 1908. The author of numerous novels, including Dom Casmurro and Philosopher or Dog?, he is one of Latin America's greatest writers.
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Bibliographic Details
Title: Epitaph of a Small Winner: A Novel
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication Date: 1990
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket