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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 García Márquez 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).

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780374531232
  • ISBN-10: 0374531234
  • Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
  • Publish Date: April 2008
  • Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.6 pounds
  • Page Count: 240

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