The Double Death of Quincas Water-Bray
ISBN 9780143106364 | 96 pages | 28 Aug 2012 | Penguin Classics | 5.07 x 7.79in | 18 - AND UP
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The great Brazilian novelist's comic masterpiece—published in a new translation for the centennial of Jorge Amado's birth Here is the story of Joaquim Soares da Cunha, a Falstaff-like character who abandons his life of upstanding citizenship to assume the identity of Quincas Water-Bray, king of the Bahia lowlife and a "champion drunk." After a decade of revelry among bums, pimps, and prostitutes, he drops dead, and his prim family gathers for a proper burial. But when Quincas's unsavory friends show up with a bottle of rum, they whisk him along on a postmortem journey to enjoy one last party—his own wake. "Raucous . . . Rowdy . . . Outrageous!" —The New York Times “Swift, funny, and occasionally even slapstick.” —Rivka Galchen, from the Introduction “Part Virginia Woolf, part Weekend at Bernie’s . . . [An] excellent example of the particular mixture of folkloric elements and high-literary storytelling for which Amado is often paired with Gabriel García Márquez.” —The Wall Street Journal "Hilarious... Deftly constructed... Hugely entertaining... Amado, like Quincas, is a hoaxer who loves to trick his readers.... [His] version of Brazil is seductive." —The Times Literary Supplement “[A] comic masterpiece . . . Darkly hilarious . . . With brilliant sleight of hand and deceptive simplicity, Amado’s defiance of death in this frothy, heartfelt tale reveals the Brazilian master at his earthy, big-hearted best.” —Shelf Awareness |
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