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008 970710s1998 nyu b 000 1 eng
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100 1 $aMachado de Assis,$d1839-1908.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80002329
240 10 $aQuincas Borba.$lEnglish$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92021919
245 10 $aQuincas Borba /$ca novel by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis ; translated from the Portuguese by Gregory Rabassa ; with an introduction by David T. Haberly ; and an afterword by Celso Favaretto.
260 $aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c1998.
300 $axxvi, 290 pages ;$c22 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aLibrary of Latin America
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 $aWhen the mad philosopher Quincas Borba dies, he leaves to his friend Rubiao the entirety of his wealth and property, with a single stipulation: Rubiao 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, Rubiao heads for Rio de Janeiro and plunges headlong into a world where fantasy and reality become increasingly difficult to keep separate.
520 8 $aWe encounter roses that speak to each other, discussing the character and actions of their owner, Sofia; even the stars above occasionally comment, sarcastically, on the humans below. When Rubiao falls in love with the wife of his best friend, we see adultery as yet another betrayal of reality. Rubiao's own hold on reality becomes ever more tenuous as he makes elaborate plans for his marriage, even though he has no bride, and fantasizes that he has become Napoleon III.
520 8 $aThe very nature of reality, the novel seems to he saying, is an agreed-upon fiction told by an unreliable narrator.
700 1 $aRabassa, Gregory.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96008385
830 0 $aLibrary of Latin America.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96089513
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