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The Double Death of Quincas Water-Bray Paperback - 2012 - 1st Edition

by Jorge Amado; Gregory Rabassa (Translator); Introduction by Rivka Galchen


Summary

The great Brazilian novelist's comic masterpiece—published in a new translation for the centennial of Jorge Amado's birth

Here is the story of Joaquim Soares da Cunha, a Falstaff-like character who abandons his life of upstanding citizenship to assume the identity of Quincas Water-Bray, king of the Bahia lowlife and a "champion drunk." After a decade of revelry among bums, pimps, and prostitutes, he drops dead, and his prim family gathers for a proper burial. But when Quincas's unsavory friends show up with a bottle of rum, they whisk him along on a postmortem journey to enjoy one last party—his own wake.

From the publisher

Jorge Amado (1912–2001) was born in the state of Bahia, Brazil, whose society he portrays in such acclaimed novels as Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon, and Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands.

Gregory Rabassa is a National Book Award–winning translator whose English-language versions of works by Julio Cortázar, Mario Vargas Llosa, and Gabriel García Márquez have become classics in their own right. He lives in New York City.

Rivka Galchen is one of the New Yorker’s "20 Under 40" fiction writers and the author of the award-winning novel Atmospheric Disturbances. A contributing editor at Harper’s Magazine, she lives in New York City.

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  • Title The Double Death of Quincas Water-Bray
  • Author Jorge Amado; Gregory Rabassa (Translator); Introduction by Rivka Galchen
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 96
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Group, London
  • Date 2012-08-28
  • Features Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780143106364 / 0143106368
  • Weight 0.19 lbs (0.09 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.78 x 5.14 x 0.69 in (19.76 x 13.06 x 1.75 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: Hispanic
    • Ethnic Orientation: Latino
  • Library of Congress subjects FICTION / Classics, FICTION / Humorous
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012022838
  • Dewey Decimal Code 869.341

Media reviews

"Raucous . . . Rowdy . . . Outrageous!" —The New York Times

“Swift, funny, and occasionally even slapstick.” —Rivka Galchen, from the Introduction

“Part Virginia Woolf, part Weekend at Bernie’s . . . [An] excellent example of the particular mixture of folkloric elements and high-literary storytelling for which Amado is often paired with Gabriel García Márquez.” —The Wall Street Journal

"Hilarious... Deftly constructed... Hugely entertaining... Amado, like Quincas, is a hoaxer who loves to trick his readers....  [His] version of Brazil is seductive." The Times Literary Supplement

“[A] comic masterpiece . . . Darkly hilarious . . . With brilliant sleight of hand and deceptive simplicity, Amado’s defiance of death in this frothy, heartfelt tale reveals the Brazilian master at his earthy, big-hearted best.” —Shelf Awareness


 

Citations

  • Shelf Awareness, 08/31/2012, Page 0

About the author

Jorge Amado (1912-2001) was born in the state of Bahia, Brazil, whose society he portrays in such acclaimed novels as Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon, and Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands.

Gregory Rabassa (translator; 1922-2016) was a National Book Award-winning translator whose English-language versions of works by Gabriel Garca Mrquez, Mario Vargas Llosa, Julio Cortzar, and Jorge Amado have become classics in their own right.

Rivka Galchen (introduction) is one of The New Yorker's "20 Under 40" fiction writers and the author of the novels Atmospheric Disturbances and Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch. A contributing editor at Harper's Magazine, she lives in New York City.

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