{"product_id":"dom-casmurro","title":"Dom Casmurro","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1899,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDom Casmurro\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis widely considered to be Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis's masterpiece and a progenitor of twentieth-century Latin American fiction. This exuberant new translation captures all the hilarious, maddening, and utterly compelling idiosyncrasies of one of Machado's most complex characters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBento Santiago, our charismatic yet exceedingly unreliable narrator, nicknamed by his enemies Dom Casmurro, has become a bit of a recluse in old age. He spends his days reading and mourning the past in a house built as a replica of his childhood home. One day, musing over the painted busts of Nero, Augustus, Masinissa, and Caesar, he is inspired to write his own story, a tale of equally epic proportions. Or so, at least, he thinks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Yes, let us begin by evoking a famous November afternoon, one I will never forget,\" he writes, recalling the day he fell in love with his childhood sweetheart, Capitu. Thus he transports readers back to his youth in a once fashionable neighborhood, when he and Capitu were neighbors playing innocently in the backyard. But after overcoming many obstacles, Bento's happy-ever-after ending proves short-lived when he is consumed by paranoia and jealousy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt once oblivious and obsessive, Bento becomes a strangely engaging antihero as he mines the repercussions of his suspicions against the backdrop of a rapidly modernizing Rio de Janeiro. Eloquently translated by Margaret Jull Costa and Robin Patterson--the same duo that sparked a Machado renaissance with their brilliant translations of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Collected Stories\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePosthumous Memoirs of Brás Cuba\u003c\/em\u003es--and brimming with his signature charm,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDom Casmurro\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a subversive and groundbreaking dark comedy from one of Brazil's greatest authors.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"De Assis, Joaquim Maria Machado","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57548666470724,"sku":"mdz1792579319686","price":11.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0972\/4490\/5796\/files\/dom-casmurro_1.jpg?v=1792579325","url":"https:\/\/www.biloommall.com\/products\/dom-casmurro","provider":"amiteagni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}