Epitaph of a Small Winner
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).
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- : Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- : Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- : 0.23
- : 29 April 2008
- : .66 Inches X 6.08 Inches X 8.38 Inches
- : books
Special Fields
- : William L. Grossman (Translator); Susan Sontag (Foreword by); Shari Frisch (Illustrator); Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
- : Paperback
- : English
- : 240