Name: Epitaph of a Small Winner (Fsg Classics)
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Author: de Assis, Machado ; Grossman, William L. ; Sontag, Susan
ISBN: 9780374531232

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Epitaph of a Small Winner (Fsg Classics)

Type

Physical Book

Preface by

Susan Sontag

Translated by

William L. Grossman

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Author

de Assis, Machado ; Grossman, William L. ; Sontag, Susan

Year

2008

Language

English

Pages

209

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.1 x 14.0 x 2.0 cm

Weight

0.27 kg.

ISBN

0374531234

ISBN13

9780374531232

Edition No.

Synopsis "Epitaph of a Small Winner (Fsg Classics) "

In these memoirs, Braz Cubas, a wealthy nineteenth-century Brazilian, examines (from beyond the grave) his rather undistinguished life in 160 short chapters that are filled with philosophical digressions and exuberant insights. A clear forerunner of Gabriel García Márquez and Jorge Luis Borges, Epitaph for a Small Winner, first published in 1880, is one of the wittiest self-portraits in literary history as well as one of the masterpieces of Brazilian literature (Salman Rushdie).

Susan Sontag

(Preface by)

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(New York, 1933-2004) writer, novelist, philosopher, essayist, professor, film director, and American screenwriter. She began her literary career in 1963 and established herself as one of the leading figures in the intellectual movements of the sixties. She is highly esteemed, both for her works and for her denunciation of major contemporary social and political issues. She has received several awards, including the Jerusalem Prize for her body of work in 2001 and in 2003 the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature and the Peace Prize, awarded by German booksellers.

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