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Epitaph of a Small Winner by William L. Grossman (Translator); Susan Sontag (Foreword by); Shari Frisch (Illustrator); Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
Category: Fiction | Series: FSG Classics Ser.
In these memoirs, Braz Cubas, a wealthy nineteenth-century Brazilian, examines (from beyond the grave) his rather undistinguished life in 160 short chapters that are filled with philosophical digressions and exuberant insights. A clear forerunner of Gabriel Garc a M rquez and Jorge Luis Borges, Epitaph ...Show more
The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas by Assis, Joaquim Maria Machado de
Category: Classic Fiction
A revelatory new translation of the playful, incomparable masterpiece of one of the greatest black authors in the Americas A Penguin Classic The mixed-race grandson of ex-slaves, Machado de Assis is not only Brazil's most celebrated writer but also a writer of world stature, who has been championed ...Show more
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