by Machado de Assis · L&PM EDITORES · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788525406798
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«Dom Casmurro» is the novel by Brazilian writer Machado de Assis, published by L&PM Editores in paperback (246 pages, in Portuguese).
Bento Santiago, now mature, recalls his childhood in the Rio neighbourhood of Matacavalos and his love for Capitu. A maternal promise leads him to the seminary, where he meets Escobar. Years later, Escobar's death and the son's resemblance to the friend make Bento doubt Capitu's fidelity.
Annotated edition from the L&PM Pocket collection, with author biography, chronology, notes and a panorama of Rio de Janeiro at the time.
For those who want to delve into a nineteenth-century classic of Brazilian literature and the ironic prose of Machado de Assis.
Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, sometimes called Bruxo do Cosme Velho, was a pioneer Brazilian novelist, poet, playwright and short story writer, widely regarded as the greatest writer of Brazilian literature. In 1897, he founded and became the first President of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. He was multilingual, having taught himself French, English, German and Greek later in life.
