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

Author/creator Amado, Jorge, 1912-2001
Other author/creatorRabassa, Gregory.
Format Book and Print
EditionNew translation.
Publication InfoNew York : Penguin Books, 2012.
Descriptionxiv, 70 pages ; 20 cm.
Subject(s)
Uniform titleMorte e a morte de Quincas Berro Dágua. English
Series Penguin classics
Penguin classics. ^A229330
Abstract "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.
Genre/formHumorous fiction.
LCCN 2012022838
ISBN9780143106364 (pbk.)
ISBN0143106368 (pbk.)

Available Items

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Joyner General Stacks PQ9697.A647 M613 2012 ✔ Available Place Hold