Esau and Jacob : a novel /
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, and between...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English Portuguese |
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New York, N.Y. :
Oxford University Press,
2000.
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| Series: | Library of Latin America.
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| Online Access: | Full text (Emerson users only) Full text (Emmanuel users only) Full text (NECO users only) Full text (MCPHS users only) Full text (Wentworth users only) |
| Summary: | 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, and between 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxvi, 276 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780199761937 0199761930 1280595051 9781280595059 9786613624888 6613624888 |