Esau and Jacob

by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis

2020-11-23 23:16:44

Esau and Jacob is the last of Machado de Assis''s four great novels. At one level it is the story of twin brothers in love with the same woman and her inability to choose between them. At another level, it is the story of Brazil itself, caught betw... Read more
Esau and Jacob is the last of Machado de Assis''s four great novels. At one level it is the story of twin brothers in love with the same woman and her inability to choose between them. At another level, it is the story of Brazil itself, caught between the traditional and the modern, andbetween the monarchical and republican ideals. Instead of a heroic biblical fable, Machado de Assis gives us a story of the petty squabbles, conflicting ambitions, doubts, and insecurities that are part of the human condition. Less

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File size8.25 X 5.5 X 1 in
Print pages304
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication date September 15, 2000
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780195108118
John Charles Chasteen is Patterson Distinguished Term Professor of History, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill....

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