{"product_id":"dom-casmurro-hardcover","title":"Dom Casmurro - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoaquim Maria Machado De Assis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMargaret Jull Costa\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eRobin Patterson\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1899, \u003cem\u003eDom Casmurro\u003c\/em\u003e is widely considered to be Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis's masterpiece and a progenitor of twentieth-century Latin American fiction. This exuberant new translation captures all the hilarious, maddening, and utterly compelling idiosyncrasies of one of Machado's most complex characters. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBento Santiago, our charismatic yet exceedingly unreliable narrator, nicknamed by his enemies Dom Casmurro, has become a bit of a recluse in old age. He spends his days reading and mourning the past in a house built as a replica of his childhood home. One day, musing over the painted busts of Nero, Augustus, Masinissa, and Caesar, he is inspired to write his own story, a tale of equally epic proportions. Or so, at least, he thinks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Yes, let us begin by evoking a famous November afternoon, one I will never forget,\" he writes, recalling the day he fell in love with his childhood sweetheart, Capitu. Thus he transports readers back to his youth in a once fashionable neighborhood, when he and Capitu were neighbors playing innocently in the backyard. But after overcoming many obstacles, Bento's happy-ever-after ending proves short-lived when he is consumed by paranoia and jealousy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt once oblivious and obsessive, Bento becomes a strangely engaging antihero as he mines the repercussions of his suspicions against the backdrop of a rapidly modernizing Rio de Janeiro. Eloquently translated by Margaret Jull Costa and Robin Patterson--the same duo that sparked a Machado renaissance with their brilliant translations of \u003cem\u003eThe Collected Stories\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePosthumous Memoirs of Brás Cuba\u003c\/em\u003es--and brimming with his signature charm, \u003cem\u003eDom Casmurro\u003c\/em\u003e is a subversive and groundbreaking dark comedy from one of Brazil's greatest authors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.01 x 8.6 x 5.81 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 23, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47241236349177,"sku":"9781324090700","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/RDN1MGRKQ1lTMEFBbFYyc2tycVVNQT09.webp?v=1768580096","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/dom-casmurro-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}