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.
Details
- 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
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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
“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
Citations
- Shelf Awareness, 08/31/2012, Page 0
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