false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171102217m/87264.jpg 87264 40 One of the greatest novels of Brazilian Literature, Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas is narrated by a dead man who recounts the amorous misadventures of his unheroic life and explains his half-hearted political ambitions. While it is considered the first novel of Brazilian realism, its quirks seem refreshingly modern and make it unforgettably unlike anything written before or after it. 605176 1881 Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas total:693|5:350|4:197|3:110|2:22|1:14| 693 2926 969 59 5 0 false false Sun Mar 01 05:47:18 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 06:06:05 -0800 2009 tristram shandy, filled with some really amazing metaphors (like the trapeze the man carries inside his head) and a really fun sense of hopeless melancholy. i kinda wish a little more *happened* in it, but i imagine braz cubas feels the same way.

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Começa com a dedicatória que não é mais do que o espelho do próprio livro: "Ao verme que primeiro roer as f...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Nov 10 10:38:59 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 11 22:24:33 -0800 2008 “… I could not help comparing once more the man of today with the boy I had known; nor could I help facing the abyss that separates the expectations of one day from the realities of another…”

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Consider Chapter 98, "Deleted:"
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Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis has created a brilliant novel that is t...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Sep 07 07:59:47 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 08:00:14 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Jun 25 12:55:01 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 12:55:36 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Jan 04 17:18:03 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 17:18:21 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Tue Feb 24 21:17:31 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 21:17:31 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jan 19 18:39:39 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 18:40:22 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=87264