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The Double Death of Quincas Water-Bray
Jorge Amado
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Description for The Double Death of Quincas Water-Bray
Paperback. Translator(s): Rabassa, Gregory. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 131 x 7. Weight in Grams: 84.
A Penguin Classic
Widely considered the greatest work by the foremost Brazilian author of the twentieth century, The Double Death of Quincas Water-Bray comes to Penguin Classics in a new translation by the dean of Portuguese-language translators, Gregory Rabassa. It tells the story of Joaquim Soares da Cunha, who drops dead after he abandons his life of upstanding citizenship to assume the identity of Quincas Water-Bray, a “champion drunk” and bum who is whisked along on a postmortem journey that climaxes in his loss at sea.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of ... Read more
A Penguin Classic
Widely considered the greatest work by the foremost Brazilian author of the twentieth century, The Double Death of Quincas Water-Bray comes to Penguin Classics in a new translation by the dean of Portuguese-language translators, Gregory Rabassa. It tells the story of Joaquim Soares da Cunha, who drops dead after he abandons his life of upstanding citizenship to assume the identity of Quincas Water-Bray, a “champion drunk” and bum who is whisked along on a postmortem journey that climaxes in his loss at sea.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780143106364
SKU
V9780143106364
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99-15
About Jorge Amado
Jorge Leal Amado de Faria (1912 - 2001) was a Brazilian writer of the Modernist school. He was the best-known of modern Brazilian writers, his work having been translated into some 49 languages and popularized in film, notably Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos) in 1978. His work reflects the image of a mestizo ... Read more
Reviews for The Double Death of Quincas Water-Bray
"Raucous . . . Rowdy . . . Outrageous!" —The New York Times “Swift, funny, and occasionally even slapstick.” —Rivka Galchen, from the Introduction “Part Virginia Woolf, part Weekend at Bernie’s . . . [An] excellent example of the particular mixture of folkloric elements and high-literary storytelling for which Amado is often paired with Gabriel García Márquez.” —The ... Read more