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 for a Small Winner, first published in 1880, is one of the wittiest self-portraits in literary history as well as one of the masterpieces of Brazilian literature (Salman Rushdie).
Author: Machado de Assis
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 04/29/2008
Series: FSG Classics
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.6lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780374531232
Language: English
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