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02349nam a2200205 a 4500 |
| 001 - Número de Control |
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059713 |
| 005 - Fecha de Ultima Modificación |
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20231009193114.0 |
| 008 - Elementos de Fongitud Fija--Información General |
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101110s1998 nyu -------000- -eng-u |
| 020 ## - ISBN |
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| ISBN |
9780195106824 |
| 082 0# - Número de Clasificación Decimal Dewey |
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LAS FIC MAC |
| 100 1# - Entrada Principal - Nombre Personal |
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| Nombre Personal |
Machado de Assis, Joaquim Maria |
| Fechas asociadas con el nombre |
(, 1839-1908) |
| 245 10 - TÍTULO |
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| Título del material |
Quincas borbas |
| Mención de responsabilidad |
/ a novel by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis ; translated from the Portuguese by Gregory Rabassa ; with an introduction by David T. Haberly ; and an afterword by Celso Favaretto |
| 260 ## - Publicación, Distribución, etc. (Pie de Imprenta) |
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| Lugar de Publicación, Distribución, etc. |
New York |
| Nombre de la editorial, distribuidor, etc. |
: Oxford University Press |
| Fecha de Publicación, Distribución, etc. |
, c1998. |
| 300 ## - Descripción Física |
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| Extensión |
xxvi, 290 p. |
| Dimensiones |
; 22 cm. |
| 490 1# - Mención de Serie |
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| Mención de Serie |
Library of Latin America |
| 504 ## - Nota de Bibliografía, etc. |
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| Nota de Bibliografía, etc. |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| 520 ## - Resumen, etc. |
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| Nota de resumen, etc. |
Along with The Posthumous Memoirs of Br's Cubas and Dom Casmurro, Quincas Borba is one of Machado de Assis' major works and indeed one of the major works of nineteenth-century fiction. With his uncannily postmodern sensibility, his delicious wit, and his keen insight into the political and social complexities of the Brazilian Empire, Machado opens a fascinating world to English-speaking readers. When the mad philosopher Quincas Borba dies, he leaves to his friend Rubiao the entirety of his wealth and property, with a single stipulation: Rubiao must take care of Quincas Borba's dog, who is also named Quincas Borba, and who may indeed have assumed the soul of the dead philosopher. Flush with his newfound wealth, Rubiao heads for Rio de Janeiro and plunges headlong into a world where fantasy and reality become increasingly difficult to keep separate. We encounter roses that speak to each other, discussing the character and actions of their owner, Sofia; even the stars above occasionally comment, sarcastically, on the humans below. When Rubiao falls in love with the wife of his best friend, we see adultery as yet another betrayal of reality. Rubiao's own hold on reality becomes ever more tenuous as he makes elaborate plans for his marriage, even though he has no bride, and fantasizes that he has become Napoleon III. The very nature of reality, the novel seems to be saying, is an agreed-upon fiction told by an unreliable narrator. Brilliantly translated by Gregory Rabassa, Quincas Borba is a masterful satire not only on life in Imperial Brazil but the human condition itself. |
| 700 1# - Entradas Secundarias - Nombre Personal |
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| Nombre Personal |
Rabassa, Gregory |
| 942 ## - TIPO DE MATERIAL |
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| Tipo de Material |
Latin American Studies |
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