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Go to My LibraryEpitaph of a Small Winner A Novel
- Language
- English
- Published in
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Pages
- 209
- ISBN
- 9780374531232
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Other editions (98)
Memorias Postumas De Bras Cubas – Edicao Exclusiva Amazon (Em Portugues do Brasil)
2019 • Antofagica Editora
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
2014 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (Portuguese Edition)
2020 • Independently published
Portuguese
Mémoires posthumes de Bras Cubas
2000 • METAILIE
French
Die nachträglichen Memoiren des Bras Cubas Roman
2003 • Manesse
German
Other editions
Memorias Postumas De Bras Cubas – Edicao Exclusiva Amazon (Em Portugues do Brasil)
2019 • Antofagica Editora
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
2014 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (Portuguese Edition)
2020 • Independently published
Portuguese
Mémoires posthumes de Bras Cubas
2000 • METAILIE
French
Die nachträglichen Memoiren des Bras Cubas Roman
2003 • Manesse
German
Memorias Postumas de Bras Cubas
2003 • De La Flor
Spanish
Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas, the. Library of Latin America
1997 • Oxford University Press
English
Memorias Postumas de Bras Cubas (Classicos da Literatura Brasileira) (Portuguese Edition)
2005 • Luso-Brazilian Books
Portuguese
Mem�rias P�stumas de Br�s Cubas
2018 • Independently Published
Portuguese
M�moires Posthumes de Br�s Cubas
2017 • Independently Published
∞Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas∞ (Portuguese Edition)
2019 • Independently published
Portuguese
Memorias Posthumas de Braz Cubas
2021 • Digital Gale Inc.
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (Perfect Library) (Portuguese Edition)
2015 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Portuguese
Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas
1998 • Oxford University Press, Incorporated
English
Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas: A Novel
2021 • Liveright
English
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (Portuguese Edition)
2018 • Independently published
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas: Os Melhores da Literatura (Portuguese Edition)
2017 • Independently published
Portuguese
Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas: A Novel
2020 • Liveright
English
Memorias póstumas de Brás Cubas (Spanish Edition)
2017 • Editorial Sexto Piso
Spanish
Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas: Romance (Portuguese Edition)
2017 • Independently published
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
2009 • Globo
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (Portuguese Edition)
2019 • Independently published
Portuguese
Memorias póstumas de Blas Cubas (Conmemorativa 70 Aniversario Fce) (Spanish Edition)
2006 • Fondo de Cultura Económica
Spanish
Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas (Portuguese Edition)
2021 • Principis
Portuguese
The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas (Library of Latin America)
1998 • Oxford University Press
English
Memórias Póstumas De Brás Cubas
2014 • Editora Companhia Das Letras
Portuguese
Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas
2020 • W. W. Norton
English
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (Portuguese Edition)
2021 • Independently published
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (Ilustrado)
2017 • Independently Published
Portuguese
The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas
2020 • Penguin Publishing Group
English
Memórias pósthumas de Brás Cubas (Leitura literária)
2012 • Autêntica
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (Portuguese Edition)
2022 • Independently published
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (Portuguese Edition)
2021 • Independently published
Portuguese
Mem�rias P�stumas de Br�s Cubas
2020 • Independently Published
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
2020 • Independently Published
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (Portuguese Edition)
2020 • Independently published
Portuguese
Mem�rias P�stumas de Br�s Cubas
2021 • Independently Published
Portuguese
Mem�rias P�stumas de Br�s Cubas
2018 • Independently Published
Portuguese
MemÓrias PÓstumas de BrÁs Cubas
2021 • Independently Published
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (Portuguese Edition)
2021 • Independently published
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (Portuguese Edition)
2020 • Independently published
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
2020 • Independently Published
Portuguese
The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas (Translated) A New Translation
2020 • Independently Published
English
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (Portuguese Edition)
2021 • Independently published
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
2020 • Independently Published
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (Portuguese Edition)
2020 • Independently published
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (Portuguese Edition)
2022 • Independently published
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
2020 • Independently Published
Portuguese
The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas
2021 • Highbridge Audio and Blackstone Publishing
English
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
2020 • Amazon Digital Services LLC - KDP Print US
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (Portuguese Edition)
2020 • Independently published
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
2020 • Independently Published
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (Portuguese Edition)
2021 • Independently published
Portuguese
Postmortaj rememoroj de Bras Cubas
2019 • EASP
Esperanto
Braz Cubas (Portuguese Edition)
2022 • Outlook Verlag
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (Portuguese Edition)
2020 • Independently published
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (Portuguese Edition)
2021 • Independently published
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (Portuguese Edition)
2021 • Independently published
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (Portuguese Edition)
2020 • Independently published
Portuguese
The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas
2018 • Independently published
English
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (Portuguese Edition)
2020 • Independently published
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (Portuguese Edition)
2021 • Independently published
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (Portuguese Edition)
2020 • Independently published
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (Portuguese Edition)
2021 • Lulu.com
Portuguese
Memorias póstumas de Blas Cubas (Spanish Edition)
2012 • Alianza Editorial
Spanish
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (Portuguese Edition)
2020 • Independently published
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (Portuguese Edition)
2021 • Independently published
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (Portuguese Edition)
2020 • Independently published
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (Portuguese Edition)
2020 • Independently published
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
2020 • Independently Published
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (Portuguese Edition)
2021 • Independently published
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (Portuguese Edition)
2020 • Independently published
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (Portuguese Edition)
2021 • Independently published
Portuguese
Memòries pòstumes de Brás Cubas
2001 • Quaderns Crema
Catalan
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (Portuguese Edition)
2020 • Independently published
Portuguese
The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas Lib/E
2020 • HighBridge Audio
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (Portuguese Edition)
2021 • Independently published
Portuguese
∞Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas∞ (Portuguese Edition)
2019 • Independently published
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (Portuguese Edition)
2021 • Independently published
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
2021 • Independently Published
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (Portuguese Edition)
2020 • Independently published
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (Portuguese Edition)
2021 • Independently published
Portuguese
Mem�rias P�stumas de Br�s Cubas
2020 • Independently Published
Portuguese
Mem�rias P�stumas de Br�s Cubas
2020 • Independently Published
Portuguese
Memorias Postumas de Bras Cubas Machado de Assis
2018 • Amazon Digital Services LLC - KDP Print US
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
2020 • Independently Published
Portuguese
Mem�rias P�stumas de Br�s Cubas
2018 • Independently Published
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
2019 • Independently Published
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
2020 • Independently Published
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (Portuguese Edition)
2021 • Independently published
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
2020 • Independently Published
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (Portuguese Edition)
2020 • Independently published
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (Portuguese Edition)
2021 • Independently published
Portuguese
Mem�rias P�stumas de Br�s Cubas
2018 • Independently Published
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (Portuguese Edition)
2020 • Independently published
Portuguese
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
2010 • Lulu Press, Inc.
English
Die nachträglichen Memoiren des Bras Cubas Roman
2003 • Manesse-Verlag
German
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (Portuguese Edition)
2021 • Independently published
Portuguese
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This book is widely lauded as a brilliant and astonishing work, especially remarkable for its publication in 1881, which many reviewers note places it far ahead of its time as a modernist masterpiece. Readers consistently praise its exceptional formal inventiveness, characterized by short, unconventional chapters that defy traditional narrative structures, incorporating playful digressions, direct address to the reader, and experimental elements like chapters composed solely of ellipses. The novel is celebrated for its unique blend of dark humor, sharp wit, and irony, creating a tragicomic tone that is both intellectually stimulating and highly entertaining. Through its engaging, self-aware, and often self-deprecating dead narrator, the book offers profound observations on human nature, life, and society, all delivered with an intensely readable and captivating style. Its author, Machado de Assis, is hailed as a literary genius and a foundational figure in Brazilian and Latin American literature, earning high praise from many prominent literary figures.
Despite its numerous strengths, some readers found certain aspects of the book less universally appealing. A common observation is that while the distinct humor and irony are initially charming, they can become repetitive or wear thin for some over the course of the novel. Several reviewers pointed out that the actual plot or story, often described as a fairly typical social commentary or romance, is not the book's primary draw, with its inventiveness residing more in its form than its narrative events. The narrator's focus on particular relationships or philosophical ideas was occasionally perceived as a digression that could make parts of the book feel heavy or cause readers to lose the main thread. Additionally, some felt that a deeper understanding of 19th-century Brazilian social and historical context was necessary to fully grasp certain cultural nuances and underlying critiques. A few readers also noted an abrupt conclusion, which left them with a sense of incompleteness.
Ultimately, the overwhelming consensus among reviewers is one of high praise and strong recommendation for this novel. It is celebrated as a truly original and influential work that masterfully blends tragicomedy with profound philosophical insights into the human condition. While its unconventional structure and the evolving nature of its humor might not resonate with every reader, particularly those who prefer traditional, linear narratives or fast-paced plots, it is highly recommended for those who appreciate literary experimentation, sharp wit, and deep reflections on existence. Readers who enjoy breaking literary conventions, engaging with a self-aware narrator, and exploring a timeless classic that transcends its historical context will find this book to be a uniquely enjoyable and thought-provoking experience, solidifying its place as an essential read in world literature.
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