The double death of Quincas Water-Bray / Jorge Amado ; translated by Gregory Rabassa ; introduction by Rivka Galchen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Amado, Jorge, 1912-2001.

Contributor:

Rabassa, Gregory

Series:

Penguin classics

Standardized Title:

Morte e a morte de Quincas Berro Dágua. English

Language:

English

Portuguese

Subjects (All):

Dead.

Identity (Philosophical concept)--Fiction.

Identity (Philosophical concept).

Dead--Fiction.

Genre:

Humorous fiction.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

xiv, 70 pages ; 20 cm.

Edition:

New translation.

Place of Publication:

New York : Penguin Books, 2012.

Summary:

"Along with The Discovery of America by the Turks, two masterworks by the greatest Brazilian novelist of the twentieth century, published for the centennial of his birth. 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"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780143106364

0143106368

OCLC:

779263657