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Quincas Borba
Quincas Borba | Joaquim Machado De Assis
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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 Rubi?o the entirety of his wealth and property, with a single stipulation: Rubi?o 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, Rubi?o heads for Rio de Janeiro and plunges headlong into a world where fantasy and reality become increasingly difficult to keep separate. Brilliantly translated by Gregory Rabassa, Quincas Borba is a masterful satire not only on life in Imperial Brazil but the human condition itself.
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Quincas Borba | Joaquim Machado De Assis
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#litsyclassics #litsyclassicsmatches

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I think I've finalised my list of books for the #litsyclassics challenge. Now it remains to be seen if I can manage it within a year 😂 As long as my Moby Dick reading buddy doesn't abandon me 🙏😉 @saresmoore

Thanks for this idea @Sarah83 , can't wait to get started.

Sarah83 Great choices 😎 7y
Nat_Reads I'm a do it TOO!! 7y
batsy @Nat_Reads Yessssss! 💪📚📚📚 7y
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merelybookish Fun list! I think our only overlap is The Years. 7y
sprainedbrain I love your choices!!! 7y
rubyslippersreads We picked the same Z! 😄 7y
Ms_T Great list! Dracula is on my TBR for 2018. Oh, and I do like a spreadsheet 😉 7y
twohectobooks I would totally be participating in this except that I know my #modernlibrarytop100 reading will definitely get in the way of making any progress. 7y
saresmoore Hooray! I promise not to abandon you. #rudeladyreadersforlife #andmoralsupport 7y
saresmoore Candide is sounding really good right about now. I‘m benching Voltaire as an alternate (or a metaphor that makes sense, I don‘t do sports). 7y
saresmoore ALSO! We will have to compare notes with you reading The Iliad and me reading The Odyssey. How exciting! 🤓 7y
batsy @merelybookish Oh cool, let me know if you want when you feel like reading it? Maybe we can buddy read, as much one can buddy read Woolf 😅 7y
batsy @sprainedbrain Thank you! ☺️ @rubyslippersreads Nice! I think I've seen quite a few people go with that one 😀 7y
batsy @Ms_T Yay! Maybe we can buddy read? I'm trying to buddy read with as many people so I don't waffle or cheat on my challenge 😂 7y
batsy @twohectobooks That sounds pretty wonderful! I bet you have a lot of amazing reading ahead of you. Is there a list of books for this online or on GR? 7y
batsy @saresmoore Thank you, #rudeladyreaderpal 😁 I've been meaning to read Candide for ever so long and bonus: it's really short! And yes, it would be fun to compare notes on those translations! 7y
twohectobooks Here you go!: http://www.modernlibrary.com/top-100/100-best-novels/ I have been at it for seven years now and have 35 books to go, but I‘m hoping to speed up my progress. I started at 100 and have been working my way up. 7y
merelybookish I'm up for whatever. We could compare our notes on our interior lives as we read,. If that works. 🙂 And God speed to you and @saresmoore on Moby Dick 7y
batsy @merelybookish Haha, yes! #interiorlivesbuddyread 7y
batsy @twohectobooks Thank you!! It's a great list and so many books on there that I want to read. And way to go, you. Cheering you on 📚📚📚 7y
Suet624 So impressed with this challenge. 👏🏽👏🏽 7y
Ms_T @batsy After Reading @sprainedbrain ‘s shining review of the audiobook a couple of months ago my plan is to listen to it rather than read it. If that changes though I‘ll give you a nudge 👍🏻 7y
batsy @Suet624 It's a great one and I look forward to sticking to it 😁 7y
batsy @Ms_T Sure thing! 7y
Suet624 I like that it sounds like (maybe) you‘re not pressuring yourself to accomplish this all in one year. 7y
batsy @Suet624 Thanks. That's the goal 🙂 (because my tendency is to pressure myself to tick things off a list, and that can get in the way of experiencing the reading)... 7y
andrew61 Great choices, it's taken me ages to sort but finally done it. 7y
BookBabe So organized! 😃🙌🏻 7y
batsy @andrew61 I was waffling on my choices for so long, as well! There's always so many books left out. 7y
batsy @BookBabe Thanks! Sadly this is as organised as I get 😆 7y
andrew61 @batsy they are great choices and a few I've not heard of so will look them up. 7y
EvieBee So happy to see A Jest of God on the list. One of my favorites this year! 7y
batsy @EvieBee I remembered that you liked it and it's been on my TBR too! I was stuck on J and was glad when this popped into my head ☺️ 7y
RohitSawant Oh, this is awesome! 7y
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