{"product_id":"dom-casmurro-paperback-1","title":"Dom Casmurro - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMachado de Assis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHelen Caldwell\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFirst published in 1900, \u003ci\u003eDom Casmurro\u003c\/i\u003e, widely considered Machado de Assis's greatest novel and a classic of Brazilian literature, is a brilliant retelling of the classic adultery tale--a sad and darkly comic novel about love and the corrosive power of jealousy.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBento Santiago, the wildly unreliable narrator of \u003ci\u003eDom Casmurro\u003c\/i\u003e, believes that he has been cuckolded--he suspects that his wife has cheated on him with his best friend and that her child is not his. Has Capitú, his love since childhood, really been unfaithful to him? Or is the evidence of her betrayal merely the product of a paranoid mind? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Deftly translated, Dom Casmurro is a book full of humor, sweetness and a tender melancholy--a book that deserves to be read.\" - \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for author Machado de Assis \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e[Machado de Assis] is a great ironist, a tragic comedian. In his books, in their most comic moments, he underlines the suffering by making us laugh.--Philip Roth \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMachado de Assis is a kind of miracle. --Harold Bloom \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI am astonished that a writer of such greatness does not yet occupy the place he deserves. --Susan Sontag \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMachado retrieves from Cervantes the origins of the novel as illusion, play, ambiguity and adventure.--K. David Jacks on, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for author Machado de Assis \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[Machado de Assis] is a great ironist, a tragic comedian. In his books, in their most comic moments, he underlines the suffering by making us laugh.\"--Philip Roth \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Machado de Assis is a kind of miracle.\" --Harold Bloom \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I am astonished that a writer of such greatness does not yet occupy the place he deserves.\" --Susan Sontag \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Machado retrieves from Cervantes the origins of the novel as illusion, play, ambiguity and adventure.\"--K. David Jacks on, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMachado de Assis (1839-1908) was born in Rio de Janeiro. Among his many novels are \u003ci\u003ePhilosopher or Dog? \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eEpitaph of a Small Winner.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755627381024,"sku":"9780374523039","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4e05bef67d0bd3c6f3a49348cef91a6f.webp?v=1780064012","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/dom-casmurro-paperback-1","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}