Epitaph of a small winner
Machado de Assis, 1839-19082008
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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. Assis also wrote Don 'Cosmurro'.
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Epitaph of a small winner / Machado de Assis ; introduction by Louis de Bernieres ; translated from the Portuguese by William L. Grossman ; drawings by Shari Frisch.
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London : Bloomsbury, 2008.
Collation:
209 p. ; 20 cm.
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This translation originally published: 1997.
ISBN:
9780747599043 (pbk)
Language:
EnglishPortuguese
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BRN:
382269