{"product_id":"posthumous-memoirs-of-bras-cubas","title":"Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas","description":"\u003ch1\u003ePosthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas\u003c\/h1\u003eJoaquim Maria Machado De Assis\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003eAugust 1 2021\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9781324090502\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 1324090502\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow considered a progenitor of South American fiction, Machado de Assis's highly experimental novel is finally rendered as a stunningly contemporary work. Narrating from beyond the grave, Brás Cubas--an enigmatic, amusing and frequently insufferable antihero--describes his childhood spent tormenting household slaves, his bachelor years of torrid affairs, and his final days obsessing over nonsensical poultices. \"Rejuvenated\" (Pradeep Niroula, \u003cem\u003eChicago Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e) by Margaret Jull Costa and Robin Patterson's fresh new translation, Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas is a work of acerbic mockery and deep pathos that offers a bird's-eye view of how Machado de Assis launched the canon of modernist fiction.\"Sprinkled with epigrams, dreams, gags and asides, the story teases, dances and delights.\"--\u003cem\u003eEconomist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67391064932397,"sku":"20688","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_44e9f99f-0f9c-4bfb-9487-5443a55a63e3.jpg?v=1787351324","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/posthumous-memoirs-of-bras-cubas","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}