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    <body><![CDATA[Dom Casmurro conta a histÃ³ria de Bento Santiago, mais conhecido no seio familiar por Bentinho, apelidado de Dom Casmurro por ser calado e introvertido. Em adolescente apaixona-se por CapÃ­tu, sua amiga de infÃ¢ncia e vizinha, abandonando o seminÃ¡rio e, com ele, os desÃ­gnios traÃ§ados por sua mÃ£e...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50558030">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Wow, Machado de Assis is such a unique author -- and not just for his time. His narrator in this work shows such reserve and leaves so much implicit. But this is clearly by plan. Except for a few pages near the end, Dom Casmurro features a mysteriously engaging series of mundane and barely remarkabl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6896400">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I was traveling to Brazil and wanted to read something by a Brazilian author.  This book was recommended to me by a friend who studies Latin American literature. It's been a while since I've read something from this time period, and it is always different to read a work that has been translated. I f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60790448">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[NÃ£o hÃ¡ muito o porquÃª falar sobre o enredo desse romance, todo mundo conhece Capitu e Bentinho.<br/>Mas este livro seria sÃ³ mais um livro, se nÃ£o fossem pelas constantes reflexÃµes que o velho Bentinho faz em suas memÃ³rias, tornando a leitura mais interessante e dando outra alma que nÃ£o se li...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51752927">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Dom Casmurro is about jealousy and its ability to cloud your judgment. The narrator of the book is the main character and he's telling his own version of the story.  His version is essentially building a case against his wife but through Machado's use of metaphor it is clear that it is the narrator ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39186291">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A small volume that really teaches us the fallacy of storytelling...a wonderful creation, the seemingly simple conception of the book hides the author intention to toy with his readers' perception. One could only marvel that amidst a load of exclamations made by the narrator on his ineptitude with w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70026772">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[A stunning novel by one of Brazil's greatest writers. Like other great 19th-century novels, Machado de Assis's DOM CASMURRO explores the themes of marriage and adultery. But what distinguishes Machado's novel from the realism of its contemporaries, and what makes it such a delightful discovery for English-speaking readers, is its eccentric and wildly unpredictable narrative style--a literary genius of the rarest kind.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Une histoire dâ€™amour et dâ€™amitiÃ© se dÃ©roulant sur une vie, qui si elle ne brille pas par son originalitÃ© est agrÃ©able Ã  suivre grÃ¢ce au ton bougon (Dom Casmurro se traduisant par &quot;Monsieur du Bourru&quot;) et cabotin du narrateur.   ]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[A classic story of love and jealousy, Dom Casmurro is the story of Bento and his childhood love, Capitu, who overcome their parentsâ€™ reluctance to marry. But Bento jealously suspects that their son is not his. But beyond this straightforward plot, Machado plays with the readerâ€™s expectations and comments on the structure of the story, blurring the line between fiction and reality and appearing very modern.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Machado de Assis is one of the best brazilian writers. In this book the story is told through the eyes of Bento (Bentinho), a &quot;betrayed husband&quot;. By the way, throughout the story, we never know in fact if Bentinho is betrayed or not. His beloved Capitu (Capitolina, in allusion to the Roman...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18192814">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Machado de assis Ã© um dos autores brasileiros que sÃ£o indispensÃ¡veis Ã s prateleiras/olhos de quem busca pela beleza na construÃ§Ã£o das palavras. Vale a 'pena'!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Li este livro hÃ¡ muitos anos atrÃ¡s e, atÃ© hoje, a ambiguidade de Capitu e os seus &quot;olhos de ressaca&quot; me fascinam. Ã€s vezes, tenho certeza que ela traiu Bentinho; outras vezes, acho que tudo nÃ£o passou de fruto da imaginaÃ§Ã£o dele.<br/><br/>Na minha opiniÃ£o, 'Dom Casmurro' Ã© o mel...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47071997">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The unreliable narrator and the fictional memoir are long-standing literary  traditions. Nineteenth-century Brazilian author Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis uses  both to brilliant effect in his novel <em>Dom Casmurro</em>. Narrated by Bento Santiago,  this memoir looks back over a life filled with the suspicion of betrayal: Bento is  convinced that his wife had an affair with his best friend, and that his son was the result  of it. Though he has no real evidence to support this belief, Bento becomes so obsessed  with it that, in the end, he commits crimes far worse than the suspected adultery to  avenge himself. The memoir itself is a kind of justification for his actions; Bento, now  alone, recreates the environment of his childhood and attempts to rewrite the facts of his  life--in essence, reconstructing the past.  <p> Among readers familiar with Latin American literature, Machado is considered a master.  His novels blend black comedy with deadly accurate social commentary and an unerring  perception of human psychology to create works that are brilliant, complex without being  opaque, and joys to read. The Oxford University Press edition is ably translated by John  Gledson and accompanied by critical essays that will help orient readers unfamiliar with  Machado's work.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[perfectly crafted fictional memoir, the novel develops slowly, the narrator becomes less reliable and then the bottom falls out at the end]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[In Brazil, it was a must to read Machado de Assis books back in school when I was a teenager, and I loved them all.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The jealousy must be expressed in its beginning for then not be psychic powers on something very heavy.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[ Best Brazilian book ever written. It could only have been written by Machado de Assis.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Very solid read bordering on brilliance at times- very funny]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I must confess that the first time I read this book I wasn't very found of it. The way Machado narrates the story is very slow. He digress several times, and usualy stops to analyse the characters' minds. <br/>But as I read the book again I started to realize how complex and real his carachters wer...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37738445">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The unreliable narrator and the fictional memoir are long-standing literary  traditions. Nineteenth-century Brazilian author Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis uses  both to brilliant effect in his novel <em>Dom Casmurro</em>. Narrated by Bento Santiago,  this memoir looks back over a life filled with the suspicion of betrayal: Bento is  convinced that his wife had an affair with his best friend, and that his son was the result  of it. Though he has no real evidence to support this belief, Bento becomes so obsessed  with it that, in the end, he commits crimes far worse than the suspected adultery to  avenge himself. The memoir itself is a kind of justification for his actions; Bento, now  alone, recreates the environment of his childhood and attempts to rewrite the facts of his  life--in essence, reconstructing the past.  <p> Among readers familiar with Latin American literature, Machado is considered a master.  His novels blend black comedy with deadly accurate social commentary and an unerring  perception of human psychology to create works that are brilliant, complex without being  opaque, and joys to read. The Oxford University Press edition is ably translated by John  Gledson and accompanied by critical essays that will help orient readers unfamiliar with  Machado's work.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this in Portuguese with much help from the dictionary.  Machado is a really good storyteller.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[A classic story of love and jealousy, Dom Casmurro is the story of Bento and his childhood love, Capitu, who overcome their parentsâ€™ reluctance to marry. But Bento jealously suspects that their son is not his. But beyond this straightforward plot, Machado plays with the readerâ€™s expectations and comments on the structure of the story, blurring the line between fiction and reality and appearing very modern.]]>
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