Have you ever read anything by Brazil's greatest classic author. This review tracks the darkly amusing ideas of Bras Cubas, the deceased narrator. WARNING - There are spoilers in this video.
I love this book so much, It's absolutely brilliant and unique! I remember reading it in school for the first time as a teenager and being amazed by Machado's style. Loved the review also, it's great seeing our classics being read and praised by people from different cultures :). Looking forward to watch the review for Dom Casmurro!
I couldn't agree more with you Marcela. Machado has a style which is so robust and alive. I would loved to have read this at high school. Brazil certainly has a treasure in Machado de Assis. As for Dom Casmurro, I am very excited about that book.
Nice review. The black butterfly represents the poor Eugenia. If Eugenia were a noble/blue (and not poor = black), he would have married her (that is: he would not have killed the butterfly), even though she was lame. But he prefers to make the reader believe that he left her because of her deformity. So he cynically blames nature for it. Yes, at the same time he is talking about the frailty of life, but in such a way as to distract the reader from the main point: Eugenia's poor social condition (the reason why he left her).
Other Brazilian classics: "Clara dos Anjos" and "The Sad End of Policarpo Quaresma" by Lima Barreto; "Macunaíma" and "To Love, Intrasitive Verb" by Mário de Andrade; "Angst" and "Barren Lives" by Graciliano Ramos; "Sagarana" and "The Devil in the Backlands" by Guimarães Rosa; "Life as It Is" by Nelson Rodrigues; "O Quinze" by Rachel de Queiroz; "The Hour of the Star", "The Passion According to G.H." and "Living Water" by Clarice Lispector (her short stories are singular as well); "Happy New Year" by Rubem Fonseca; "Morte e Vida Severina" by João Cabral de Melo Neto; "Ancient Tillage" and "A Cup Full of Rage" by Raduan Nassar; "The Brothers: a Novel" by Milton Hatoum. There are also the short stories of Stanislaw Ponte Preta, Fernando Sabino, Luís Fernando Verissimo, Rubem Braga and Nelson Rodrigues.
amazing!! as a brazilian, i love to see more and more people reading our classics, it’s well deserved (in my honest brazilian opinion!). I’d suggest one of my favorites: Vidas Secas, by Graciliano Ramos!! keep up the good work
Thank you so much Ornella! I agree with your honest Brazilian opinion Machado is a true treasure for Brazil. Thank you for the recommendation of Vidas Secas, I will hunt it out for sure.😀👍
It is exceptional. It is light, amusing, jaunty, macabre, solemn and contemplative all in bitesize morsels. It may not necessarily be everyone's favourite but I think that everybody will appreciate it. After reading it, flick through it again a week later and it is quite a delightful experience. The meaning rises where once the humour passed.
"Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas" is deemed to be a slammingof a lazy 19th century Brazilian elite, which thinks labor is for the inferior, for its slaves. As a proud Brazilian I'd recommend you read summaries of The Slum, by Eça de Queirós and The Relic, by Aluísio Azevedo. The latter is quite a boring book.
@@tristanandtheclassics6538 it’s really nice to hear that! Also amazing is your video on Henry V’s speech for the Battle of Agincourt. Just read that the English were outnumbered 2 to 1…
Congratulations! You made one of the best reviews of this superb novel. I read it at least three times, but not in English, and I can assure that the style and mastery of Portuguese language by the author is rare and really delightful.
Wow, thank you! I very much appreciate your taking the timme to comment so positively. I envy you being able to read his works in the original Portuguese. I can only imagine how much more colourful this work is in his native language.😀👍
Everything I look for in a review. Well done and thank you. I've just searched out this very copy and look forward to reading it when it arrives in the mail.
Thanks for the review Tristan. This book was not on my radar, but now it is. I love the American cover that you pointed out on Amazon. I also like the size, a good book to wedge between some larger reads.
Tristan, this was brilliant and I do not say it influenced by the fact that the author and I share the same nationality, no.... just a brilliant mind like yours could recognize all the greatness scatered between all the picaresque and the humour of Brás Cubas. Personally it feels good to hear about something positive from Brazil because these are days of much trouble and sadness there; far right politics has contributed to tausend of covid 19 deaths. Thank you very much and have a wonderful time.
I'll add it to the Kindle wish list, who knows maybe they'll offer a discount eventually. As a history major undergrad, Brazil figured heavily in a History of South America class, Braganza Empire. Misery loves company.
This is a brilliant review, thank you so much!! I am not sure if you noticed, but before the book starts, it is actually dedicated to "the first worm that munched on my body" (or something around those lines), which is a witty touch of Machado and I absolutely adore it! Machado also wrote a book solely on the character of Quincas Borba, where he expands more on the humanitism and it is part of the trilogy of the best books from Machado (i.e.: Dom Casmurro, Epitaph of a Small Winner and Quincas Borba). Please make more videos about Machado, it is such a shame that he not as widely known!
Epitaph of a Small Winner is taught in Brazil at the equivalent of high school, but I am afraid it's too difficult for a young person to fully understand the book. I read it again when I was 47, and I think it is one of the books responsible for changing my political point of view. I became a more centrist person, avoiding extreme positions.
I have to read this, it sounds so great. That whole butterfly scene is the exact humor I love. I have never heard of this book from outside this channel. I remember thinking I would like this the last time you mentioned it. On my TBR now, will have to look for tomorrow! I don't mind spoilers, and that ending sounds a lot like it is in line with what I am reading now.
other pieces by Machado de Assis that i recommend: Quincas Borba, Dom Casmurro, A Mão e a Luva (The Hand and the Glove), Helena, O Alienista (The Alienist)
There's also a book about his friend Quincas Borba, I think the title in US is called "philosopher or dog?". Is a good book, brazilian students read in high school.
Quincas Borbas (pronounces Kin Cahs) becomes a philosopher and one of his disciples is the main character of Machado de Assis next book, named Quincas Borbas. It's the 2nd of what is informally considered Machado de Assis "realism" trilogy: Epitaph of a Small Winner, Quincas Borbas and then Dom Casmurro. The Alienist is a more satirical and funny book, but also brilliant.
Thank you so much for letting me know this Rogerio. I will look out for Quincas Borbas and the Alienist for certain. Also for the help pronouncing the name. I just wish I could read Machado in Portuguese.
As a reader of Machado de Assis - at school it's part of our "duties" - I'm excited with your enthusiasm about him. A great author, indeed and a proud to the Brazilian literature. You should also try Euclides da Cunha sometime. Unfortunately the language of the XIX Century in his books does not please many young students today... they find it quite difficult since they have a poor vocabulary 😥
as a brazillian it is so gratifying to see our literature being admired and recognized. we have so many genius writters that really deserve recognition. i think you'd really enjoy Clarice Lispector, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Adélia Prado, Cecília Meirelles, Guimarães Rosa, Graciliano Ramos and Fernando Sabino.
Thoroughly enjoyed the review. Sounds a great read and will definately be on my list of future reads. I too enjoy the translations. I've just received The Invention Of Morel by Adolfo Bioy Casares (another Argentine author) which I am hoping to read in the next couple of weeks and really looking forward to it.
It really is a worthwhile read. A classic that I would recommend for every personal library. It might not become everybody's favourite but it is a significantly good work of literature. Thank you so much for the recommendation of Invention of Morel. I shall certainly look it out.😀👍
Hey! I’m from Brazil, it’s a pleasure to meet your channel! (Pardon my english). It’s a honor to me reading this book in the original language. I suggest you to search more about the author’s life: it’s simply amazing!
Thank you so much Pedro. It's a pleasure to meet you too. Your English is perfect 👍 I will look in Machado de Assis life. Perhaps I will make a video of it. I have also got his book Capitu which I am looking forwards to reading. Thank you for taking the time to comment.
To say a little: he was a black man, grandson of slaves, he was born free even in the time of slavery. In addition to the great problem of being black and poor, especially in the context of the 19th century, Machado was a stutterer and epileptic. It was in this elitist and aristocratic scenario that he wrote his works, had his talent recognized while still alive as the greatest writer in the history of Brazil, even becoming the founder of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. Machado is the most inexplicable figure in our culture. I am very sad that most part of Brazilian people don’t know his story and have never read his books. Unfortunately, I live in a country where most people are not interested in literature. I confess that my heart was touched by your video, thanks for showing Machado to the world. Keep up the great work!
After watching the video, read a bit of it in English, I am Brazilian. Douglas Adams is one of my favorites of all times, and I can see where the styles of both authors ( of both nationalities ) writing chronicles about life meet. Maybe We like to see how insignificant we are with humour. Books are amazing.
The comparison with Douglas Adams is an excellent one Felipe. As for the sense of insignificance which his humour acknowledges is definitely something that we are attracted too. We love the sense of awe and fear that the scope of eternity confronts us with. Thank you so much for taking the time to comment.😀
It's amazing to see English-speaking readers acknowledging Machado's geniality. Unfortunately there will always be so much lost in translation. Machado's criticism can be so subtil that many experient portuguese native readers can't get it. I'm trying to help it by these Commented Reading Lives in my channel (I'm a teacher). The videos are in portuguese, but there are automatic translated subtitles avaliable (there will be subtitles written for English-speaking viwers sometime in future). Be welcome to enjoy with me in this marvelous book.
It is very good to see a Brazilian author valorized by foreigners and also great to see their perspectives on one of the greatest piece Brazilian Literature. Tristan, I really hope you continue your amazing work!
I just found your video, and I have to say: it was brilliant. I'm brazilian and I just love when people around the world discover Machado de Assis. I don't know if you've ever read Dom Casmurro, but it's a classic romantic novel that everyone in Brazil knows, if you ask a brazilian "did she cheated or not?" they'll immediately get the "reference" and maybe star an argument, because Machado died before answering the question. Again, loved your channel.
Thanks Vitoria. I envy you being able to read de Assis in Portuguese, he must be even better. I have Dom Casmurro and hope to read it soon. Can't wait to be able to have my own answer to "did she cheated or not?" 😀👍
Thank you for your amazing review! As a Brazilian is always a thrill to see foreigners discovering our amazing artists, specially Machado who's my favorite author of all times. I've read Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (the original title) a couple times and had the opportunity to read it in english as well, one thing that bothers me about the translation is that the soft brutality of the superficiality of the story is mostly lost giving the amount of untranslatable expressions and puns Machado uses, but you seem to have understood the deeper (though not so deep) meaning behind Brás Cubas' life. His other books are just incredible as this one. One of them is the story one of the Quincas Borba, which carries his name as the title, my favorite line from it is "to the winner the potatoes!". Another one is Dom Casmurro, a controversial romance with the most human characters there can possibly be. I hope you continue digging into Brazilian literature, there's plenty more to discover and it's a shame most people outside of Brazil don't know much about it.
Thanks for this amazing comment Sofia. I'm jealous of your being able to read Machado in Portuguese. He must be terrific in his original language. The book made me laugh so much. I have Dom Casmurro and hope to read it soon but I will look out for Quincas Borba now. Are there any other Brazilian Classic authors whom you would recommend. I am looking at getting some books by Clarice Lispector.
@@tristanandtheclassics6538 I am a translator myself, and a good translation is that which makes the translator as invisible as possible, however impossible that is. The truth is there is no objective translation because one can only translate his/her interpretation of the read text, as the text itself means nothing without a reader. I have a copy of a translation into English of Brazilian novel Contemplating the lilies of the field. I never got to find out a single line about the translator who signed it.
Hey! What a great review!! I love the attention to details and how your reflected about this masterpiece ♥️ I'm Brazilian and I'm always sad because many people didn't have the opportunity to read this, just by the fact that there is no promotion to our literature, I'm happy you did!! Thank you!!
wow thank you for talking about machado de assis, our biggest writer in brazil, I was watching you talking about gothic literature and then I checked your other videos and this one is a pleasant surprise! i am proud of my country's literature and seeing someone from another culture reading and talking about it is so nice!
@@tristanandtheclassics6538 yes it is a privilege! you will love dom casmurro because it is kind of a big discussion in brazil weather or not something happened in the plot (i've been listening to people arguing this since I was a child haha) so when you read it, keep that in mind (the arguing is about if Capitu cheated on Bentinho, both main characters!) and clarice is so so so interesting, she's not brazilian, she was born in ukraine, but she became the most important brazilian-portuguese woman writer. she is a whole character, I wish you could watch the only interview she gave in her life, maybe you'll find english subtitles!
Have you ever read anything by Brazil's greatest classic author. This review tracks the darkly amusing ideas of Bras Cubas, the deceased narrator. WARNING - There are spoilers in this video.
I love this book so much, It's absolutely brilliant and unique! I remember reading it in school for the first time as a teenager and being amazed by Machado's style. Loved the review also, it's great seeing our classics being read and praised by people from different cultures :). Looking forward to watch the review for Dom Casmurro!
I couldn't agree more with you Marcela. Machado has a style which is so robust and alive. I would loved to have read this at high school. Brazil certainly has a treasure in Machado de Assis. As for Dom Casmurro, I am very excited about that book.
Nice review. The black butterfly represents the poor Eugenia. If Eugenia were a noble/blue (and not poor = black), he would have married her (that is: he would not have killed the butterfly), even though she was lame. But he prefers to make the reader believe that he left her because of her deformity. So he cynically blames nature for it. Yes, at the same time he is talking about the frailty of life, but in such a way as to distract the reader from the main point: Eugenia's poor social condition (the reason why he left her).
Other Brazilian classics:
"Clara dos Anjos" and "The Sad End of Policarpo Quaresma" by Lima Barreto;
"Macunaíma" and "To Love, Intrasitive Verb" by Mário de Andrade;
"Angst" and "Barren Lives" by Graciliano Ramos;
"Sagarana" and "The Devil in the Backlands" by Guimarães Rosa;
"Life as It Is" by Nelson Rodrigues;
"O Quinze" by Rachel de Queiroz;
"The Hour of the Star", "The Passion According to G.H." and "Living Water" by Clarice Lispector (her short stories are singular as well);
"Happy New Year" by Rubem Fonseca;
"Morte e Vida Severina" by João Cabral de Melo Neto;
"Ancient Tillage" and "A Cup Full of Rage" by Raduan Nassar;
"The Brothers: a Novel" by Milton Hatoum.
There are also the short stories of Stanislaw Ponte Preta, Fernando Sabino, Luís Fernando Verissimo, Rubem Braga and Nelson Rodrigues.
Thank you so so much for these recommendations G V. I have added them to my shopping list. Much appreciated.
amazing!! as a brazilian, i love to see more and more people reading our classics, it’s well deserved (in my honest brazilian opinion!). I’d suggest one of my favorites: Vidas Secas, by Graciliano Ramos!! keep up the good work
Thank you so much Ornella! I agree with your honest Brazilian opinion Machado is a true treasure for Brazil. Thank you for the recommendation of Vidas Secas, I will hunt it out for sure.😀👍
Sounds like a brilliant read - just added it to my reading list
It is exceptional. It is light, amusing, jaunty, macabre, solemn and contemplative all in bitesize morsels. It may not necessarily be everyone's favourite but I think that everybody will appreciate it. After reading it, flick through it again a week later and it is quite a delightful experience. The meaning rises where once the humour passed.
"Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas" is deemed to be a slammingof a lazy 19th century Brazilian elite, which thinks labor is for the inferior, for its slaves.
As a proud Brazilian I'd recommend you read summaries of The Slum, by Eça de Queirós and The Relic, by Aluísio Azevedo. The latter is quite a boring book.
Thanks so much for the recommendations, Felipe. I really want to read more Brazilian classics.
@@tristanandtheclassics6538 it’s really nice to hear that! Also amazing is your video on Henry V’s speech for the Battle of Agincourt. Just read that the English were outnumbered 2 to 1…
Congratulations! You made one of the best reviews of this superb novel. I read it at least three times, but not in English, and I can assure that the style and mastery of Portuguese language by the author is rare and really delightful.
Wow, thank you! I very much appreciate your taking the timme to comment so positively. I envy you being able to read his works in the original Portuguese. I can only imagine how much more colourful this work is in his native language.😀👍
Everything I look for in a review. Well done and thank you. I've just searched out this very copy and look forward to reading it when it arrives in the mail.
Thanks for the review Tristan. This book was not on my radar, but now it is. I love the American cover that you pointed out on Amazon. I also like the size, a good book to wedge between some larger reads.
Tristan, this was brilliant and I do not say it influenced by the fact that the author and I share the same nationality, no.... just a brilliant mind like yours could recognize all the greatness scatered between all the picaresque and the humour of Brás Cubas. Personally it feels good to hear about something positive from Brazil because these are days of much trouble and sadness there; far right politics has contributed to tausend of covid 19 deaths. Thank you very much and have a wonderful time.
I'll add it to the Kindle wish list, who knows maybe they'll offer a discount eventually. As a history major undergrad, Brazil figured heavily in a History of South America class, Braganza Empire. Misery loves company.
This is a brilliant review, thank you so much!! I am not sure if you noticed, but before the book starts, it is actually dedicated to "the first worm that munched on my body" (or something around those lines), which is a witty touch of Machado and I absolutely adore it! Machado also wrote a book solely on the character of Quincas Borba, where he expands more on the humanitism and it is part of the trilogy of the best books from Machado (i.e.: Dom Casmurro, Epitaph of a Small Winner and Quincas Borba). Please make more videos about Machado, it is such a shame that he not as widely known!
Thank you, I missed that little quote. I am going to do a video on Dom Casmurro soon.
Epitaph of a Small Winner is taught in Brazil at the equivalent of high school, but I am afraid it's too difficult for a young person to fully understand the book. I read it again when I was 47, and I think it is one of the books responsible for changing my political point of view. I became a more centrist person, avoiding extreme positions.
I have to read this, it sounds so great. That whole butterfly scene is the exact humor I love. I have never heard of this book from outside this channel. I remember thinking I would like this the last time you mentioned it. On my TBR now, will have to look for tomorrow! I don't mind spoilers, and that ending sounds a lot like it is in line with what I am reading now.
It's so good! It is one of those books that I would recommend be any serious library of great literature.
What a great video! I loved the book, Machado de Assis is amazing!
Thanks Vinicio. You're right, Machado is incredible. I will soon be reading Dom Casmurro.
Cool! Don Casmurro is my favourite book, I also like Augusto cury, he’s also a Brazilian author and his books the seller of dreams is really fantastic
other pieces by Machado de Assis that i recommend: Quincas Borba, Dom Casmurro, A Mão e a Luva (The Hand and the Glove), Helena, O Alienista (The Alienist)
There's also a book about his friend Quincas Borba, I think the title in US is called "philosopher or dog?". Is a good book, brazilian students read in high school.
Thank you Ana. I am looking to get Quincas Borba. I also have Dom Casmurro. Looking forwards to them both.😀👍
Quincas Borbas (pronounces Kin Cahs) becomes a philosopher and one of his disciples is the main character of Machado de Assis next book, named Quincas Borbas.
It's the 2nd of what is informally considered Machado de Assis "realism" trilogy: Epitaph of a Small Winner, Quincas Borbas and then Dom Casmurro.
The Alienist is a more satirical and funny book, but also brilliant.
Thank you so much for letting me know this Rogerio. I will look out for Quincas Borbas and the Alienist for certain. Also for the help pronouncing the name. I just wish I could read Machado in Portuguese.
As a reader of Machado de Assis - at school it's part of our "duties" - I'm excited with your enthusiasm about him.
A great author, indeed and a proud to the Brazilian literature.
You should also try Euclides da Cunha sometime.
Unfortunately the language of the XIX Century in his books does not please many young students today... they find it quite difficult since they have a poor vocabulary 😥
as a brazillian it is so gratifying to see our literature being admired and recognized. we have so many genius writters that really deserve recognition. i think you'd really enjoy Clarice Lispector, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Adélia Prado, Cecília Meirelles, Guimarães Rosa, Graciliano Ramos and Fernando Sabino.
Thank you so so much for these recommendations kaká, I am checking them out right now.😃👍
Thoroughly enjoyed the review. Sounds a great read and will definately be on my list of future reads. I too enjoy the translations. I've just received The Invention Of Morel by Adolfo Bioy Casares (another Argentine author) which I am hoping to read in the next couple of weeks and really looking forward to it.
It really is a worthwhile read. A classic that I would recommend for every personal library. It might not become everybody's favourite but it is a significantly good work of literature.
Thank you so much for the recommendation of Invention of Morel. I shall certainly look it out.😀👍
Machado de Assis is a Brazilian author, not Argentine
Hey! I’m from Brazil, it’s a pleasure to meet your channel! (Pardon my english). It’s a honor to me reading this book in the original language. I suggest you to search more about the author’s life: it’s simply amazing!
Thank you so much Pedro. It's a pleasure to meet you too. Your English is perfect 👍 I will look in Machado de Assis life. Perhaps I will make a video of it. I have also got his book Capitu which I am looking forwards to reading.
Thank you for taking the time to comment.
To say a little: he was a black man, grandson of slaves, he was born free even in the time of slavery. In addition to the great problem of being black and poor, especially in the context of the 19th century, Machado was a stutterer and epileptic. It was in this elitist and aristocratic scenario that he wrote his works, had his talent recognized while still alive as the greatest writer in the history of Brazil, even becoming the founder of the Brazilian Academy of Letters.
Machado is the most inexplicable figure in our culture. I am very sad that most part of Brazilian people don’t know his story and have never read his books. Unfortunately, I live in a country where most people are not interested in literature.
I confess that my heart was touched by your video, thanks for showing Machado to the world. Keep up the great work!
Thanks for promoting good brazilian Literature
It's my pleasure. Machado is amazing. I hope to read Dom Casmurro soon and then something by Clarice Lispecto.
@@tristanandtheclassics6538 The account "Better than Food" reviewed some books by Clarice. Maybe you could find some useful recommendations there ;-)
After watching the video, read a bit of it in English, I am Brazilian.
Douglas Adams is one of my favorites of all times, and I can see where the styles of both authors ( of both nationalities ) writing chronicles about life meet. Maybe We like to see how insignificant we are with humour.
Books are amazing.
The comparison with Douglas Adams is an excellent one Felipe. As for the sense of insignificance which his humour acknowledges is definitely something that we are attracted too. We love the sense of awe and fear that the scope of eternity confronts us with. Thank you so much for taking the time to comment.😀
It's amazing to see English-speaking readers acknowledging Machado's geniality. Unfortunately there will always be so much lost in translation. Machado's criticism can be so subtil that many experient portuguese native readers can't get it. I'm trying to help it by these Commented Reading Lives in my channel (I'm a teacher). The videos are in portuguese, but there are automatic translated subtitles avaliable (there will be subtitles written for English-speaking viwers sometime in future). Be welcome to enjoy with me in this marvelous book.
It is very good to see a Brazilian author valorized by foreigners and also great to see their perspectives on one of the greatest piece Brazilian Literature. Tristan, I really hope you continue your amazing work!
I just found your video, and I have to say: it was brilliant. I'm brazilian and I just love when people around the world discover Machado de Assis. I don't know if you've ever read Dom Casmurro, but it's a classic romantic novel that everyone in Brazil knows, if you ask a brazilian "did she cheated or not?" they'll immediately get the "reference" and maybe star an argument, because Machado died before answering the question. Again, loved your channel.
Thanks Vitoria. I envy you being able to read de Assis in Portuguese, he must be even better. I have Dom Casmurro and hope to read it soon. Can't wait to be able to have my own answer to "did she cheated or not?" 😀👍
Wow, the title is so different in English. Here in Brazil, it's called " The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas"
Thank you for your amazing review! As a Brazilian is always a thrill to see foreigners discovering our amazing artists, specially Machado who's my favorite author of all times. I've read Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (the original title) a couple times and had the opportunity to read it in english as well, one thing that bothers me about the translation is that the soft brutality of the superficiality of the story is mostly lost giving the amount of untranslatable expressions and puns Machado uses, but you seem to have understood the deeper (though not so deep) meaning behind Brás Cubas' life.
His other books are just incredible as this one. One of them is the story one of the Quincas Borba, which carries his name as the title, my favorite line from it is "to the winner the potatoes!". Another one is Dom Casmurro, a controversial romance with the most human characters there can possibly be. I hope you continue digging into Brazilian literature, there's plenty more to discover and it's a shame most people outside of Brazil don't know much about it.
Thanks for this amazing comment Sofia. I'm jealous of your being able to read Machado in Portuguese. He must be terrific in his original language. The book made me laugh so much. I have Dom Casmurro and hope to read it soon but I will look out for Quincas Borba now.
Are there any other Brazilian Classic authors whom you would recommend. I am looking at getting some books by Clarice Lispector.
Would you tell us a bit about Margaret Costa, the translator of this book?
That's an interesting suggestion, Marcos. I'd never considered looking into the translators.
@@tristanandtheclassics6538 I am a translator myself, and a good translation is that which makes the translator as invisible as possible, however impossible that is. The truth is there is no objective translation because one can only translate his/her interpretation of the read text, as the text itself means nothing without a reader. I have a copy of a translation into English of Brazilian novel Contemplating the lilies of the field. I never got to find out a single line about the translator who signed it.
Hey! What a great review!! I love the attention to details and how your reflected about this masterpiece ♥️ I'm Brazilian and I'm always sad because many people didn't have the opportunity to read this, just by the fact that there is no promotion to our literature, I'm happy you did!! Thank you!!
Machado is pronnounced like this, the "ch" sounds like when someone asks a child to be quiet. Shhhhh . Ma - schhhha - do de Assis. 🇧🇷😉
You need read Quincas Borbas and Dom Casmurro. Machado de Assis é o que temos de melhor por aqui no 🇧🇷 Boa leitura!
wow thank you for talking about machado de assis, our biggest writer in brazil, I was watching you talking about gothic literature and then I checked your other videos and this one is a pleasant surprise! i am proud of my country's literature and seeing someone from another culture reading and talking about it is so nice!
I envy you being able to read Machado in Portuguese. He is brilliant. I will be reading Dom Casmurro soon. I also want to read some Clarice Lispector.
@@tristanandtheclassics6538 yes it is a privilege! you will love dom casmurro because it is kind of a big discussion in brazil weather or not something happened in the plot (i've been listening to people arguing this since I was a child haha) so when you read it, keep that in mind (the arguing is about if Capitu cheated on Bentinho, both main characters!) and clarice is so so so interesting, she's not brazilian, she was born in ukraine, but she became the most important brazilian-portuguese woman writer. she is a whole character, I wish you could watch the only interview she gave in her life, maybe you'll find english subtitles!
This is a very spiritous book
I agree, it does have a spiritual approach, though from a very unique perspective. I really liked it.😀👍
O Brasil devia voltar a ser um império e falar latim❤
Machado de Assis is big writer!
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I love your review
Kisses from Brazil
Thank you Julia! Hugs from UK.
Hugs from br
Big hugs from the UK❤😀
Amazing book!