The Double Death of Quincas Water-Bray [electronic resource]
Jorge Amado2012
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Widely considered the greatest work by the foremost Brazilian author of the
twentieth century, The Double Death of Quincas Water-Bray comes to Penguin
Classics in a new translation by the dean of Portuguese-language translators,
Gregory Rabassa. It tells the story of Joaquim Soares da Cunha, who drops dead
after he abandons his life of upstanding citizenship to assume the identity of
Quincas Water-Bray, a "champion drunk" and bum who is whisked along on a
postmortem journey that climaxes in his loss at sea.
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Author:
Jorge Amado, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Penguin Classics, 2012
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (96 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781101603543
Language:
English
BRN:
433487
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |