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    <![CDATA[Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas]]>
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    <![CDATA[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.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This novel is one of my all-time favorites. The author writes the story of a mostly unremarkable person in matter-of-fact tones and yet with breathtaking flair and inventiveness. I guess that, from the narrator's perspective beyond the grave, the triumph and tragedy of life seem small. But his somew...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6896785">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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