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The Wager

The Wager( )
Author: Machado de Assis, Joaquim Maria
Translator: Scott-Buccleuch, Robert L.
Introduction by: Scott-Buccleuch, Robert L.
Series title:Peter Owen Modern Classic Ser.
ISBN:978-0-7206-1230-1
Publication Date:Feb 2005
Publisher:Peter Owen Limited
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $15.95
Book Description:

In this classic of South American literature, Aires returns home to his native, Rio after many years abroad and is captivated by a young widow whom he sees praying at her husband's graveside. Her charm and the tragic story of her brief marriage increase his fascination, and soon he is indulging in impossible dreams. But the Brazil that Aires remembers from his youth is changing fast. A new era is dawning with events such as the coming of the railway and the...
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Book Details
Pages:200
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5 x 8 x 0.6 Inches
Book Weight:0.25 Pounds
Author Biography
De Assis, Machado (Author)
Machado de Assis's achievement in both novels and poetry make him Brazil's paradigm of a writer. His novels are characterized "by a psychological insight as well as a broad view of social conditions in Brazil and the world. The seriousness of the realistic view is highlighted with ironic humor." Beginning as a romantic, Assis developed a style that embraced realism, naturalism, and symbolism. "Epitaph for a Small Winner" (1881) reveals his essential pessimism, as the only consolation for Bras Cubas is that he has not passed on his misery to any offspring. About his writing in "Dom Casmurro" (1900), it was said "No satirist, not even Swift, is less merciful in his exposure of the pretentiousness and the hypocrisy that lurk in the average good man and woman."

Born in the slums of Rio de Janeiro, Machado de Assis was orphaned early in life. He advanced from typesetter, to proofreader and finally to journalist before entering the Brazilian civil service. He was the author of nine novels, more than 200 short stories, opera libretti, drama, and lyric poetry.

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