Library of Latin America The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas, (Paperback)

from DeltaQueen50

The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas by Brazilian author Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis was originally published in 1881, but its wit and style stands up well in today's modern world. Machado de Assis is remarkable as an author as he produced poems, plays, stories, articles and novels and he is t...

from riida

witty, funny, brisk, ingenious, and weirdly relatable. i did not quite like the main character's character. he's self-centered and strikes me as lazy and borderline delusional. but he feels like a very real person living in his times. the social commentaries on slavery and the morality of the pri...

from FPdC

One of the great classics of 19th century literature. The memoirs of, Brás Cubas, a mediocre bougeois in late 1800's Rio de Janeiro, starts with the dedication of the deceased protagonist to the ``worm that first gnawed the cold flesh of my corpse'', and continues through one hundred and sixty sh...

from michaelm42071

The narrator, citing the advantages of such an arrangement (no fear of retribution for complete honesty, for instance), tells his story from beyond the grave, beginning just before his death, as he is distracted from thinking about his invention of marvelous poultice or plaster that cures depress...

from RickGeissal

Delightful, strange book that I really liked. Written by a great 19th century Brazilian author, it purports to be written from the grave by a wealthy man who looks askance at his behavior while alive. It is interesting, insightful & delightful.