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The double death of Quincas Water-Bray

Amado, Jorge 1912-2001 (author.). Rabassa, Gregory, (translator.). Galchen, Rivka, (author of introduction, etc.).

Summary: "Along with The Discovery of America by the Turks, two masterworks by the greatest Brazilian novelist of the twentieth century, published for the centennial of his birth. 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"--

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  • ISBN: 0143106368
  • ISBN: 9780143106364
  • Physical Description: xiv, 70 pages ; 20 cm.
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  • Edition: New translation.
  • Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, 2012.

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In English; translated from Portugese.

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Subject: Identity (Philosophical concept) Fiction
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Genre: Humorous fiction.

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Albright Memorial Library FICTION AMADO (Text) 50686014996750 Adult Fiction Checked Out 05/28/2024
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