Like other great nineteenth century novelsthe scarlet letter, anna. A palm tree, seeing me troubled and divining the cause, murmured in. Dom casmurro, um dos romances mais conhecidos do autor, foi publicado pela primeira vez em 1900. It is also a story about love and its obstacles, about deception and selfdeception, and about the failure of memory to make lifes beginning fit neatly into its end. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. But what distinguishes machados novel from the realism of its contemporaries, and what makes it such a delightful discovery for englishspeaking readers, is its eccentric and wildly unpredictable narrative style. First published in 1900, dom casmurro is one of the great unrecognized classics of the turn of the century by one of brazils greatest writers. Dom casmurro is a moving portrait of young love, a parable of jealousy and a witty evocation of 19th century brazilian society, as readable today as ever bentinho, the narrator, becomes convinced that his wife, capitu, has betrayed him. He even breaks a promise his devout mother made to god that he become a priest in order to. A stunning novel by one of brazils greatest writers. A new unabridged edition of the classic of brazilian literature.
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