{"product_id":"the-posthumous-memoirs-of-bras-cubas-paperback-2","title":"The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoaquim Maria Machado De Assis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGregory Rabassa\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEnylton De Sa Rego\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Be aware that frankness is the prime virtue of a dead man,\" writes the narrator of \u003cem\u003eThe Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas\u003c\/em\u003e. But while he may be dead, he is surely one of the liveliest characters in fiction, a product of one of the most remarkable imaginations in all of literature, Brazil's greatest novelist of the nineteenth century, Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy turns flippant and profound, \u003cem\u003eThe Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of an unheroic man with half-hearted political ambitions, a harebrained idea for curing the world of melancholy, and a thousand quixotic theories unleashed from beyond the grave. It is a novel that has influenced generations of Latin American writers but remains refreshingly and unforgettably unlike anything written before or after it. Newly translated by Gregory Rabassa and superbly edited by Enylton de Sá Rego and Gilberto Pinheiro Passos, this Library of Latin America edition brings to English-speaking readers a literary delight of the highest order.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGregory Rabassa\u003c\/strong\u003e is the highly acclaimed translator of \u003cem\u003eOne Hundred Years of Solitude\u003c\/em\u003e and many other works of Latin American fiction. \u003cstrong\u003eEnylton de Sá Rego\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Texas at Austin. \u003cstrong\u003eGilberto Pinheiro Passos\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of São Paulo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.6 x 5.56 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 07, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42154194763911,"sku":"9780195101706","price":75.22,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/4c98da296794ba58105597194897c7da.webp?v=1733227307","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-posthumous-memoirs-of-bras-cubas-paperback-2","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}