"A small masterwork, freshly translated, by one of the great novelists of the 19th century. A retired Brazilian diplomat (Ayres) recounts the love affair of a young widow who would rather be faithful to her dead Romeo. How she rejoins the world of the living, rekindling Ayres' spirit as well, is told with muted allusions to Brazil's plantation life and its emancipation of the slaves."-- Chicago Tribune "This novel first appeared in 1908, the year of Machado de Assi s' death . . It is a mild story, mildly told with a muted ...
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"A small masterwork, freshly translated, by one of the great novelists of the 19th century. A retired Brazilian diplomat (Ayres) recounts the love affair of a young widow who would rather be faithful to her dead Romeo. How she rejoins the world of the living, rekindling Ayres' spirit as well, is told with muted allusions to Brazil's plantation life and its emancipation of the slaves."-- Chicago Tribune "This novel first appeared in 1908, the year of Machado de Assi s' death . . It is a mild story, mildly told with a muted form of irony . . it is without self-pity, an elegiac book . . . unmistakably the work of a masterful writer."-- Kirkus Reviews "Packed with wit, with compassion, with valiant self-knowledge. It is an experience I urge you to undertake."-- Cleveland Plain Dealer "A novel as ironic as any of Machado's earlier fiction, but with a new sense of ripeness and tender regard for those whom life tries and tests. It is a last fitting monument to the art of Machado de Assis."-- Nation
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Add this copy of Counselor Ayres Memorial (English and Portuguese to cart. $20.95, very good condition, Sold by Sequitur Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Boonsboro, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1973 by Univ of California Pr.
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0520022270. A novel. Translated from the Portuguese, with an introduction, by Helen Caldwell. Second printing. Near fine in a near fine, price clipped dust jacket.
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 6X8" VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(S7.95) DUST JACKET, clean, solid, bright; GOLD SPINE TITLES ON BLUE CLOTH HARDCOVERS...WHITE ENDPAPERS. WHITE TITLES ON DARK BLUE DUST JACKET..; 196pg pages; A clear forerunner of Gabriel García Márquez and Jorge Luis Borges, DE ASSIS MACHADO one of the wittiest authors of Brazilian literature, brilliant reteller of the classic adultery tales.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. First American edition. Translated and with an introduction by Helen Caldwell. Tall octavo. ix, 196pp. Trifle worn else fine in a modestly rubbed and edgeworn, just about near fine dust jacket.
