Quincas Borba
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Library of Latin America
ISBN-10
0195106814
ISBN-13
9780195106817
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint
Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 21st, 1999
Print length
320 Pages
Weight
499 grams
Dimensions
21.10 x 14.70 x 3.10 cms
Product Classification:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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A country fellow moves to the city with his dog, Quincas Borba, named after its previous owner - a mad philosopher. Exploring the social, political and commercial world of the city, he tries to come to grips with the motives behind every human action and begins to ponder what madness really is.
Machado de Assis is considered the pre-eminent writer of Brazil. Quincas Borba is one of his four most important novels and features some of the same characters as Memorias Postumas de Bras Cubas. The main character of this novel is a well-meaning country fellow who moves to the city with his dog, Quincas Borba, named after the mad philosopher who was his previous owner. As the dog''s new owner explores the social, political, and commercial world of the city, he also tries to come to grips with the motives that lie behind every human action and begins to ponder what madness really is. Despite the "heavy" messages behind this book, the narration is light-hearted, allowing readers to laugh both at the foibles of society and at themselves.
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