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Mem贸rias p贸stumas de Br谩s Cubas
A publica莽茫o de 'Mem贸rias p贸stumas de Br谩s Cubas' n茫o s贸 inaugura o Realismo no Brasil, como inicia a etapa mais complexa da obra de Machado de Assis. Com ela, aprofunda-se a sua an谩lise da realidade e refina-se a sua linguagem, sendo considerada a obra que prenuncia algumas t茅cnicas da literatura moderna.
176 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1881
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Machado de Assis
970听books2,331听followersJoaquim Maria Machado de Assis, often known as Machado de Assis, Machado, or Bruxo do Cosme Velho, (June 21, 1839, Rio de Janeiro鈥擲eptember 29, 1908, Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian novelist, poet, playwright and short story writer. He is widely regarded as the most important writer of Brazilian literature. However, he did not gain widespread popularity outside Brazil in his own lifetime.
Machado's works had a great influence on Brazilian literary schools of the late 19th century and 20th century. Jos茅 Saramago, Carlos Fuentes, Susan Sontag and Harold Bloom are among his admirers and Bloom calls him "the supreme black literary artist to date."
Machado's works had a great influence on Brazilian literary schools of the late 19th century and 20th century. Jos茅 Saramago, Carlos Fuentes, Susan Sontag and Harold Bloom are among his admirers and Bloom calls him "the supreme black literary artist to date."
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April 11, 2022
a sick chicken and the voluptuousness of misery
how is this genius is not known? at the top of the literary canon? only a species as cretinous as ours could ignore machado. along with carpentier and mutis he takes the top 'what the fuck' spot.
top three reasons why machado must be read:
1) 1880! 18fucking80! madman machado wrote a modernist masterpiece way back when. gotdamn, he makes joyce look like a late Bloomer! in this hysterical and darkdarkdark nuthouse you get the narrator's crazy drawings (i ripped out the pages and stuck 'em on the wall next to my desk), made-up words, demented philosophical systems, aphorisms, chapters that describe their own uselessness, chapters asking to be inserted within the text of other chapters, and wonderful sections in which the narrator commands us to disregard the text, that he's full of shit, that he's overwritten something to make it sound more literary. yeah. check out the entirety of chapter 45:
"Sobs, tears, an improvised altar with saints and crucifix, black curtains on the walls, strips of black velvet framing an entrance, a man who came to dress the corpse, another man who took the measurements for the coffin; candelabra, the coffin on a table covered with gold-and-black silk with candles at the corners, invitations, guests who entered slowly with muffled step and pressed the hand of each member of the family, some of them sad, all of them serious and silent, priest, sacristan, prayers, sprinkling of holy water, the closing of the coffin with hammer and nails; six persons who removes the coffin from the table, lift it, carry it, with difficulty, down the stairs despite the cries, sobs, and new tears of the family, walk with it to the hearse, place it on the slab, strap it securely with leather thongs; the rolling of the hearse, the rolling of the carriages one by one鈥� These are the notes that I took for a sad and commonplace chapter which I shall not write."
2) because i don't go to books for comedy, i don't laugh from books, i don't want to laugh from books. but this nuthouse? salman rushdie on machado: 'the kind of humor that makes skulls smile.'
check this fuckfest of humor and tragedy:
"'Tis good to be sad and say nothing'鈥� I remember that I was sitting under a tamarind tree, with the poet's book open in my hands and my spirit as crestfallen as a sick chicken. I pressed my silent grief to my breast and experienced a curious feeling, something that might be called the voluptuousness of misery. Voluptuousness of misery. Memorize the phrase, reader; store it away, take it out and study it from time to time, and, if you do not succeed in understanding it, you may conclude that you have missed one of the most subtle emotions of which man is capable.'"
3) susan sontag. karen brissette. two tough chickens, one dead & one alive, who push the shit outta machado. woody allen is a machado fan. as is carlos fuentes, salman rushdie, javier marias, and harold bloom.
and sontag's introduction is, as always, a must read. she makes the point that latin america produced such far-seeing and interesting literature not merely because the dictatorships tyrannies and repressive regimes produced a literature of 'pressure', but because the latin americans were those who were most enamored by laurence sterne... damn. i've really gotta read tristam shandy.
enough said.
you know what to do.
how is this genius is not known? at the top of the literary canon? only a species as cretinous as ours could ignore machado. along with carpentier and mutis he takes the top 'what the fuck' spot.
top three reasons why machado must be read:
1) 1880! 18fucking80! madman machado wrote a modernist masterpiece way back when. gotdamn, he makes joyce look like a late Bloomer! in this hysterical and darkdarkdark nuthouse you get the narrator's crazy drawings (i ripped out the pages and stuck 'em on the wall next to my desk), made-up words, demented philosophical systems, aphorisms, chapters that describe their own uselessness, chapters asking to be inserted within the text of other chapters, and wonderful sections in which the narrator commands us to disregard the text, that he's full of shit, that he's overwritten something to make it sound more literary. yeah. check out the entirety of chapter 45:
"Sobs, tears, an improvised altar with saints and crucifix, black curtains on the walls, strips of black velvet framing an entrance, a man who came to dress the corpse, another man who took the measurements for the coffin; candelabra, the coffin on a table covered with gold-and-black silk with candles at the corners, invitations, guests who entered slowly with muffled step and pressed the hand of each member of the family, some of them sad, all of them serious and silent, priest, sacristan, prayers, sprinkling of holy water, the closing of the coffin with hammer and nails; six persons who removes the coffin from the table, lift it, carry it, with difficulty, down the stairs despite the cries, sobs, and new tears of the family, walk with it to the hearse, place it on the slab, strap it securely with leather thongs; the rolling of the hearse, the rolling of the carriages one by one鈥� These are the notes that I took for a sad and commonplace chapter which I shall not write."
2) because i don't go to books for comedy, i don't laugh from books, i don't want to laugh from books. but this nuthouse? salman rushdie on machado: 'the kind of humor that makes skulls smile.'
check this fuckfest of humor and tragedy:
"'Tis good to be sad and say nothing'鈥� I remember that I was sitting under a tamarind tree, with the poet's book open in my hands and my spirit as crestfallen as a sick chicken. I pressed my silent grief to my breast and experienced a curious feeling, something that might be called the voluptuousness of misery. Voluptuousness of misery. Memorize the phrase, reader; store it away, take it out and study it from time to time, and, if you do not succeed in understanding it, you may conclude that you have missed one of the most subtle emotions of which man is capable.'"
3) susan sontag. karen brissette. two tough chickens, one dead & one alive, who push the shit outta machado. woody allen is a machado fan. as is carlos fuentes, salman rushdie, javier marias, and harold bloom.
and sontag's introduction is, as always, a must read. she makes the point that latin america produced such far-seeing and interesting literature not merely because the dictatorships tyrannies and repressive regimes produced a literature of 'pressure', but because the latin americans were those who were most enamored by laurence sterne... damn. i've really gotta read tristam shandy.
enough said.
you know what to do.
August 22, 2024
Some lives seem to be much more delightful than others鈥�
Although The Posthumous Memoirs of Br谩s Cubas are written in a very frolicsome manner the book is abundant in precise and deep observations of human nature. So the novel may even be considered as an earthy parable of existence.
The narration is as alluring and sparkling as a flute of effervescent champagne and it is as much pleasant and inebriating too.
We are what we are in the eyes of others so do never forget to pull the wool over the other people鈥檚 eyes鈥�
If man couldn鈥檛 love himself nobody would love him.
I wrote it with a playful pen and melancholy ink and it isn鈥檛 hard to foresee what can come out of that marriage. I might add that serious people will find some semblance of a normal novel, while frivolous people won鈥檛 find their usual one here. There it stands, deprived of the esteem of the serious and the love of the frivolous, the two main pillars of opinion.
Although The Posthumous Memoirs of Br谩s Cubas are written in a very frolicsome manner the book is abundant in precise and deep observations of human nature. So the novel may even be considered as an earthy parable of existence.
I had a passion for ballyhoo, the limelight, fireworks. More modest people will censure me perhaps for this defect. I鈥檓 confident, however, that clever people will recognize this talent of mine. So my idea had two faces, like a medal, one turned toward the public and the other toward me. On one side philanthropy and profit, on the other a thirst for fame.
The narration is as alluring and sparkling as a flute of effervescent champagne and it is as much pleasant and inebriating too.
Men are worth something in different ways, and the surest one of all is being worthy in the opinion of other men.
We are what we are in the eyes of others so do never forget to pull the wool over the other people鈥檚 eyes鈥�
Note that I鈥檓 not making a man a simple vehicle of Humanitas. He is vehicle, passenger, and coachman all at the same time. He is Humanitas itself in a reduced form. It follows from that that there is a need for him to worship himself.
If man couldn鈥檛 love himself nobody would love him.
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April 6, 20211/2/21
Reading this with my book club!! Woohoo! :D
14/8/20
I am so HYPE for this book. Read the introduction a while back as well as a short bio on Machado de Assis -- excited to jump into some more Brazilian lit :)
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Reading this with my book club!! Woohoo! :D
14/8/20
I am so HYPE for this book. Read the introduction a while back as well as a short bio on Machado de Assis -- excited to jump into some more Brazilian lit :)
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February 22, 2024
It is an astonishing novel published in 1881 but not at all dated. The narrator, Bras Cubas, is dead and addresses the reader to recount his life, starting from the end. Death is omnipresent in this book, a disguised meditation on life, time passage, and human comedy. Machado goes beyond these subjects' romantic melancholy and seriousness through irony and humor. And above all, he demonstrates a jubilant formal inventiveness. The novel unrolls a more or less continuous thread strewn with unexpected digressions. It is a series of 160 short chapters, some of which are particularly astonishing:
. One consists only of ellipses.
. Another is a theatrical dialogue in which only the text is missing.
. Yet another is a continuation of notes without syntax.
Finally, a last is to insert in the previous one.
. One consists only of ellipses.
. Another is a theatrical dialogue in which only the text is missing.
. Yet another is a continuation of notes without syntax.
Finally, a last is to insert in the previous one.
November 8, 2021
Mem贸rias p贸stumas de Br谩s Cubas = The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas (Realistic trilogy #1), Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas, is a novel by the Brazilian writer Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis. Published in 1881.
The novel has a unique style of short, erratic chapters shifting in tone and style. Instead of the clear and logical construction of a normal nineteenth-century realist novel, the novel makes use of surreal devices of metaphor, and playful narrative construction.
It is considered the first romance of the realist movement in Brazil. The novel is narrated by the dead protagonist Br谩s Cubas, who tells his own life story from beyond the grave, noting his mistakes and failed romances.
The fact of being already deceased allows Br谩s Cubas to sharply criticize the Brazilian society and reflect on his own disillusionment, with no sign of remorse or fear of retaliation.
Br谩s Cubas dedicates his book: "To the worm who first gnawed on the cold flesh of my corpse, I dedicate with fond remembrance these Posthumous Memoirs", which indicates that not a single person he met through his life deserved the book. Cubas decides to tell his story starting from the end, then taking "the greatest leap in this story", proceeding to tell the story of his life since his childhood.
鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮: 乇賵夭 爻蹖 賵 蹖讴 賲丕賴 賲蹖 爻丕賱2004賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
毓賳賵丕賳: 禺丕胤乇丕鬲 倬爻 丕夭 賲乇诏 亘乇丕爻 讴賵亘丕爻貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 賲丕卮丕丿賵 丿 丌爻蹖爻貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 毓亘丿丕賱賱賴 讴賵孬乇蹖貨 賲卮禺氐丕鬲 賳卮乇 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 賲乇賵丕乇蹖丿貙 爻丕賱1382貙 丿乇293氐貙 卮丕亘讴9645881420貨 賲賵囟賵毓: 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏丕賳 亘乇夭蹖賱 - 爻丿賴 19賲
賲賳 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丕蹖 賮賯蹖丿 賴爻鬲賲貙 丕賲丕 賳賴 亘賴 賲毓賳丕蹖 丌丿賲蹖讴賴 趩蹖夭蹖 亘賳賵卮鬲賴 賵 丕讴賳賵賳 丿乇诏匕卮鬲賴貙 亘賱讴賴 亘賴 賲毓賳蹖 丌丿賲蹖 讴賴 丿乇诏匕卮鬲賴 賵 丕讴賳賵賳 丿丕乇丿 賲蹖賳賵蹖爻丿貨 丕蹖賳 噩賲賱賴 丕夭 氐賮丨賴 蹖 賳禺爻鬲 讴鬲丕亘貙 趩讴蹖丿賴 丕蹖 丕夭 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丕爻鬲貨 芦亘乇丕爻 讴賵亘丕爻禄貙 倬爻 丕夭 賲乇诏貙 夭賳丿诏蹖賳丕賲賴 蹖 禺賵蹖卮 乇丕 亘賳賵卮鬲賴貙 賲噩賲賵毓賴 丕蹖 丕夭 賮氐賱賴丕蹖 讴賵鬲丕賴貙 賵 倬蹖 丿乇 倬蹖貙 亘丕 毓賳丕賵蹖賳 賴賳乇賲賳丿丕賳賴 丕爻鬲貨
賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 賮氐賱 毓賳賵丕賳卮: 芦賲乇诏 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丕爻鬲貨 乇賵丕蹖鬲 鬲卮蹖蹖毓 噩賳丕夭賴 蹖 禺賵丿 讴賴 ...禄貨
丿賵賲蹖賳 賮氐賱: 芦丨讴丕蹖鬲 賲卮賲賾丕禄貨
賮氐賱 爻賵賲: 芦賳爻亘賳丕賲賴禄貨
賮氐賱 趩賴丕乇賲: 芦賮讴乇 爻賲噩禄貨 賵 ...貨 鬲丕 蹖讴氐丿賵卮氐鬲 賮氐賱 丕丿丕賲賴 丿丕乇丿貨
亘乇丕爻 讴賵亘丕爻貙 賮乇夭賳丿 卮賱賵睾貙 賵 賲睾乇賵乇 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 丕蹖 孬乇賵鬲賲賳丿貙 讴賴 禺賵丿 丕夭丿賵丕噩 賳讴乇丿賴貙 賵 亘丕 夭賳蹖 讴賴 卮賵賴乇 丿丕卮鬲賴 丿賵爻鬲 亘賵丿賴貙 丿乇 亘丕乇賴 蹖 禺賵丿貙 亘賴 丿丕賵乇蹖 亘賳卮爻鬲賴貙 賳丨賵賴 蹖 乇賵丕蹖鬲 賵 丿蹖丿诏丕賴 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴貙 讴鬲丕亘 乇丕 禺賵丕賳丿賳蹖 讴乇丿賴 丕爻鬲貨 丕蹖丿賴 蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賳賵蹖爻蹖 倬爻 丕夭 賲乇诏 賴賲貙 丕蹖丿賴 蹖 噩丕賱亘蹖 丕爻鬲 讴鬲丕亘 丕氐賱丕 丌賳 爻亘讴 乇丕夭丌賱賵丿 賵 噩丕丿賵蹖蹖 讴鬲丕亘賴丕蹖 丌賲乇蹖讴丕蹖 賱丕鬲蹖賳 乇丕 賳丿丕乇丿
鬲丕乇蹖禺 亘賴賳诏丕賲 乇爻丕賳蹖 05/08/1399賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 16/08/1400賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas, is a novel by the Brazilian writer Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis. Published in 1881.
The novel has a unique style of short, erratic chapters shifting in tone and style. Instead of the clear and logical construction of a normal nineteenth-century realist novel, the novel makes use of surreal devices of metaphor, and playful narrative construction.
It is considered the first romance of the realist movement in Brazil. The novel is narrated by the dead protagonist Br谩s Cubas, who tells his own life story from beyond the grave, noting his mistakes and failed romances.
The fact of being already deceased allows Br谩s Cubas to sharply criticize the Brazilian society and reflect on his own disillusionment, with no sign of remorse or fear of retaliation.
Br谩s Cubas dedicates his book: "To the worm who first gnawed on the cold flesh of my corpse, I dedicate with fond remembrance these Posthumous Memoirs", which indicates that not a single person he met through his life deserved the book. Cubas decides to tell his story starting from the end, then taking "the greatest leap in this story", proceeding to tell the story of his life since his childhood.
鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮: 乇賵夭 爻蹖 賵 蹖讴 賲丕賴 賲蹖 爻丕賱2004賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
毓賳賵丕賳: 禺丕胤乇丕鬲 倬爻 丕夭 賲乇诏 亘乇丕爻 讴賵亘丕爻貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 賲丕卮丕丿賵 丿 丌爻蹖爻貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 毓亘丿丕賱賱賴 讴賵孬乇蹖貨 賲卮禺氐丕鬲 賳卮乇 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 賲乇賵丕乇蹖丿貙 爻丕賱1382貙 丿乇293氐貙 卮丕亘讴9645881420貨 賲賵囟賵毓: 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏丕賳 亘乇夭蹖賱 - 爻丿賴 19賲
賲賳 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丕蹖 賮賯蹖丿 賴爻鬲賲貙 丕賲丕 賳賴 亘賴 賲毓賳丕蹖 丌丿賲蹖讴賴 趩蹖夭蹖 亘賳賵卮鬲賴 賵 丕讴賳賵賳 丿乇诏匕卮鬲賴貙 亘賱讴賴 亘賴 賲毓賳蹖 丌丿賲蹖 讴賴 丿乇诏匕卮鬲賴 賵 丕讴賳賵賳 丿丕乇丿 賲蹖賳賵蹖爻丿貨 丕蹖賳 噩賲賱賴 丕夭 氐賮丨賴 蹖 賳禺爻鬲 讴鬲丕亘貙 趩讴蹖丿賴 丕蹖 丕夭 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丕爻鬲貨 芦亘乇丕爻 讴賵亘丕爻禄貙 倬爻 丕夭 賲乇诏貙 夭賳丿诏蹖賳丕賲賴 蹖 禺賵蹖卮 乇丕 亘賳賵卮鬲賴貙 賲噩賲賵毓賴 丕蹖 丕夭 賮氐賱賴丕蹖 讴賵鬲丕賴貙 賵 倬蹖 丿乇 倬蹖貙 亘丕 毓賳丕賵蹖賳 賴賳乇賲賳丿丕賳賴 丕爻鬲貨
賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 賮氐賱 毓賳賵丕賳卮: 芦賲乇诏 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丕爻鬲貨 乇賵丕蹖鬲 鬲卮蹖蹖毓 噩賳丕夭賴 蹖 禺賵丿 讴賴 ...禄貨
丿賵賲蹖賳 賮氐賱: 芦丨讴丕蹖鬲 賲卮賲賾丕禄貨
賮氐賱 爻賵賲: 芦賳爻亘賳丕賲賴禄貨
賮氐賱 趩賴丕乇賲: 芦賮讴乇 爻賲噩禄貨 賵 ...貨 鬲丕 蹖讴氐丿賵卮氐鬲 賮氐賱 丕丿丕賲賴 丿丕乇丿貨
亘乇丕爻 讴賵亘丕爻貙 賮乇夭賳丿 卮賱賵睾貙 賵 賲睾乇賵乇 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 丕蹖 孬乇賵鬲賲賳丿貙 讴賴 禺賵丿 丕夭丿賵丕噩 賳讴乇丿賴貙 賵 亘丕 夭賳蹖 讴賴 卮賵賴乇 丿丕卮鬲賴 丿賵爻鬲 亘賵丿賴貙 丿乇 亘丕乇賴 蹖 禺賵丿貙 亘賴 丿丕賵乇蹖 亘賳卮爻鬲賴貙 賳丨賵賴 蹖 乇賵丕蹖鬲 賵 丿蹖丿诏丕賴 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴貙 讴鬲丕亘 乇丕 禺賵丕賳丿賳蹖 讴乇丿賴 丕爻鬲貨 丕蹖丿賴 蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賳賵蹖爻蹖 倬爻 丕夭 賲乇诏 賴賲貙 丕蹖丿賴 蹖 噩丕賱亘蹖 丕爻鬲 讴鬲丕亘 丕氐賱丕 丌賳 爻亘讴 乇丕夭丌賱賵丿 賵 噩丕丿賵蹖蹖 讴鬲丕亘賴丕蹖 丌賲乇蹖讴丕蹖 賱丕鬲蹖賳 乇丕 賳丿丕乇丿
鬲丕乇蹖禺 亘賴賳诏丕賲 乇爻丕賳蹖 05/08/1399賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 16/08/1400賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
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January 17, 2022THIS. IS. AMAZING.
I had never even heard of this author, generally regarded as Brazil's greatest, until I had this recced to me in the 'Twitter randoms recommend me 12 books' challenge. WTF. If ever you needed an example of how much we all lose out by focusing the canon on white Europeans, this is it.
Just brilliant. Structurally clever and adventurous--two chapters composed entirely of ellipses, which works perfectly. Staggeringly good characterisation of the self-centred, self-regarding, worthless Bras Cubas. Really funny observations. Massive moral heft in the casual asides regarding poverty, slavery, inhumanity. Intensely readable. Just so good!
Obviously, huge credit must go to the translator here. It's not often that you read a book so well translated that you could believe you were reading the original text, but I didn't find a single awkwardness or clunkiness. I can't speak as to how close it is to the original but the critical apparatus (extensive and very useful) suggests a damn good job has been done.
This is right up there in the 'classics you really ought to read' list, not because you 'ought' to but because it's hugely enjoyable. It ought to be on everyone's list of great novels. There's a lot of English and American kill-the-will-to-live 'classics' we could dump to make space.
I had never even heard of this author, generally regarded as Brazil's greatest, until I had this recced to me in the 'Twitter randoms recommend me 12 books' challenge. WTF. If ever you needed an example of how much we all lose out by focusing the canon on white Europeans, this is it.
Just brilliant. Structurally clever and adventurous--two chapters composed entirely of ellipses, which works perfectly. Staggeringly good characterisation of the self-centred, self-regarding, worthless Bras Cubas. Really funny observations. Massive moral heft in the casual asides regarding poverty, slavery, inhumanity. Intensely readable. Just so good!
Obviously, huge credit must go to the translator here. It's not often that you read a book so well translated that you could believe you were reading the original text, but I didn't find a single awkwardness or clunkiness. I can't speak as to how close it is to the original but the critical apparatus (extensive and very useful) suggests a damn good job has been done.
This is right up there in the 'classics you really ought to read' list, not because you 'ought' to but because it's hugely enjoyable. It ought to be on everyone's list of great novels. There's a lot of English and American kill-the-will-to-live 'classics' we could dump to make space.
August 17, 2024
Un roman excelent, scris anume pentru cititorii iste葲i, care accept膬 f膬r膬 mofturi s膬 fie lua葲i peste picior...
M-a frapat 卯nc膬 de la 卯nceput inventivitatea epic膬 a lui Machado de Assis. Naratorul, Br谩s Cubas, pretinde c膬 a murit (trebuie s膬-l credem pe cuv卯nt) 葯i 卯葯i dedic膬 memoriile primului vierme care a mu葯cat din trupul lui 卯nghe葲at. Asta este o ironie introductiv膬. Urmeaz膬 葯i altele.
Capitolele c膬r葲ii s卯nt foarte scurte, o pagin膬 sau chiar mai pu葲in, 葯i firul epic este bine 卯nc卯lcit 葯i 卯nnodat, cam ca 卯n Via葲a 葯i opiniile lui Tristram Shandy, gentleman de Laurence Sterne, la care naratorul lui Machado trimite 卯nc膬 din prolog, ca s膬 葯tim de unde-i provin imboldul digresiv 葯i verva satiric膬.
A葯adar, defunctul 卯葯i prezint膬 fosta via葲膬, fosta copil膬rie, fosta amant膬 (a avut o furtunoas膬 rela葲ie cu nevasta unui politician), fostele observa葲ii 葯i folose葯te acest prilej pentru a-葯i bate joc, 卯n prezentul postum al nara葲iunii, de netrebnicia uman膬. Dac膬 mai adaug c膬 numitul Br谩s Cubas face parte din specia nihilist膬 a filosofilor (unii au trimis la Schopenhauer), cred c膬 b膬nui葲i deja la ce trebuie s膬 v膬 a葯tepta葲i. La un narator care nu are de g卯nd s膬 t膬m卯ieze pe nimeni, fiindc膬 nu mai are ce pierde.
Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839 - 1908) a scris poezii, povestiri 葯i cinci romane. Frecvent citat este 葯i romanul intitulat Dom Casmurro (1899). 脦n 2008, c卯nd se 卯mplinea veacul de la moartea scriitorului, presa a titrat: 鈥濧fter a Century, a Literary Reputation Finally Blooms鈥�.
M-a frapat 卯nc膬 de la 卯nceput inventivitatea epic膬 a lui Machado de Assis. Naratorul, Br谩s Cubas, pretinde c膬 a murit (trebuie s膬-l credem pe cuv卯nt) 葯i 卯葯i dedic膬 memoriile primului vierme care a mu葯cat din trupul lui 卯nghe葲at. Asta este o ironie introductiv膬. Urmeaz膬 葯i altele.
Capitolele c膬r葲ii s卯nt foarte scurte, o pagin膬 sau chiar mai pu葲in, 葯i firul epic este bine 卯nc卯lcit 葯i 卯nnodat, cam ca 卯n Via葲a 葯i opiniile lui Tristram Shandy, gentleman de Laurence Sterne, la care naratorul lui Machado trimite 卯nc膬 din prolog, ca s膬 葯tim de unde-i provin imboldul digresiv 葯i verva satiric膬.
A葯adar, defunctul 卯葯i prezint膬 fosta via葲膬, fosta copil膬rie, fosta amant膬 (a avut o furtunoas膬 rela葲ie cu nevasta unui politician), fostele observa葲ii 葯i folose葯te acest prilej pentru a-葯i bate joc, 卯n prezentul postum al nara葲iunii, de netrebnicia uman膬. Dac膬 mai adaug c膬 numitul Br谩s Cubas face parte din specia nihilist膬 a filosofilor (unii au trimis la Schopenhauer), cred c膬 b膬nui葲i deja la ce trebuie s膬 v膬 a葯tepta葲i. La un narator care nu are de g卯nd s膬 t膬m卯ieze pe nimeni, fiindc膬 nu mai are ce pierde.
Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839 - 1908) a scris poezii, povestiri 葯i cinci romane. Frecvent citat este 葯i romanul intitulat Dom Casmurro (1899). 脦n 2008, c卯nd se 卯mplinea veacul de la moartea scriitorului, presa a titrat: 鈥濧fter a Century, a Literary Reputation Finally Blooms鈥�.
September 26, 2013
... this book is written with apathy, with the apathy of a man now freed of the brevity of the century, a supinely philosophical work, of an unequal philosophy, now austere, now playful, something that neither builds nor destroys, neither inflames nor cools, and, yet, it is more than a pastime and less than an apostolate.
My 欧宝娱乐 morning started on an emotional note today. I logged in and found a book recommendation by Ali, friendly comments from Dolors and Dustin, the surprised mention of my name in Manny鈥檚 review and lovely messages in the inbox. What more could I have asked for? The update feed however, presented a different and grim story altogether. A chilling reminder about the unfavorable direction this site is heading towards. A site which is of, by and for the readers. Good readers, Great readers, readers without whose recommendations and reviews, I wouldn鈥檛 be the reader, I鈥檓 today. Emotions surged up when I started imagining the what ifs scenarios and when you dedicate a huge chunk of your time to a virtual world, the happenings in that world whether positive or negative, affects you in incommensurable proportions. It鈥檚 affecting me too and I would like to extend my heartiest thanks to each and everyone who are raising their voice in protest and hope that whatever happens the good reader in you will persevere and find blissful solace in wonderful books.
May I recommend The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas? Death is inevitable and melancholy is alright but what fun to have an everlasting smile pasted on your face while reading a book. Bras Cubas is dead but gifted us all these wonderful posthumous memoirs. Why Posthumous? Probably our narrator, a supposed alter-ego of our author was seeking a full-fledged creative freedom and wanted to break all the rules of writing that must be in practice during his time. The year was 1880 and gave us this enchanting literary treat which surely holds the power to fascinate everyone of us in the present world of countless genres and sub-genres.
He had no other philosophy. Nor did I. I'm not saying that the university hadn't taught me some philosophical truths. But I'd only memorized the formulas, the vocabulary, the skeleton. I treated them as I had Latin: I put three lines from Virgil in my pocket, two from Horace, and a dozen moral and political locutions for the needs of conversation. I treated them the way I treated history and jurisprudence. I picked up the phraseology of all things, the shell, the decoration ...
The truth in his humor, the irony in his innocent expressions and the wisdom in his reckless way of living life (while he lived), will make you instantly fall in love with Cubas. He鈥檚 not perfect but he鈥檚 perfectly human. The writer in him finds a way of telling us his witty intentions without sticking to conventions as apparent in the following quotes:
What looks like a simple inventory here are notes I'd taken for a sad and banal chapter that I won't write.
I found in her a certain ethereal softness wedded to the polish of earthly forms鈥攁 vague expression and worthy of a chapter in which everything must be vague.
Few tears, lots of laughs and random sighs - the life viewed from the other side of the grave is not sieved through the judgmental eyes of the people around us but comes across in an unadulterated form consists of memories collected, mistakes committed and admissions of guilt in the confession box of our hearts and in retrospect, the life appears to be beautiful. Cubas tells us that and that鈥檚 what we should tell ourselves while we are living.
Believe me, remembering is the least evil. No one should trust present happiness, there's a drop of Cain's drivel in it. With the passing of time and the end of rapture, then, yes, then perhaps it's possible really to enjoy, because between these two illusions the better one is the one that's enjoyed without pain.
February 21, 2025
"噩丿賷乇 亘丕賱匕賰乇 兀賳 賴匕丕 丕賱毓賲賱 賰購鬲亘 亘亘胤亍 貙 亘亘胤亍 乇噩賱 鬲丨乇乇 賲賳 囟賷賯 丕賱賵賯鬲 貙 廿賳賴 毓賲賱 賲睾乇賯 賮賷 丕賱賮賱爻賮丞 貙 賮賱爻賮丞 賲睾丕賷乇丞貙 鬲鬲爻賲 亘丕賱夭賴丿 丨賷賳丕賸 貙 賵亘丕賱賱賴賵 丨賷賳丕賸 貙 卮卅 賱丕 賷亘賳賷 賵賱丕 賷賴丿賲 貙 賱丕 賷亘毓孬 毓賱賶 丕賱爻禺胤 賵賱丕 丕賱乇囟丕 賵毓賱賶 丕賱乇睾賲 賲賳 匕賱賰 賮賴賵 兀賰孬乇 賲賳 賴賵丕賷丞 賵兀賯賱 賲賳 乇爻丕賱丞 乇爻賵賱 "
丨賷賳 賷賰鬲亘 卮禺氐 賲賷鬲 毓賳 丨賷丕鬲賴 賮賴賵 賱賷爻 賮賷 丨丕噩丞 賱賱賰匕亘 賵丕賱賲丿丕乇丕丞 賵賱丕 賷乇睾亘 賲賳丕 賮賷 丕賱鬲氐賮賷賯 賱賴 亘賱 賴賵 賷毓乇囟 賱賳丕 賰賱 卮卅 亘毓賮賵賷丞 賵氐丿賯 賵氐乇丕丨丞 賵爻禺乇賷丞 兀賷囟丕 賵賷卮丕乇賰 賵賷鬲丨丿孬 賲毓 丕賱賯丕乇卅 賵賷鬲賵賯毓 賲卮丕毓乇賴 賵賷禺丕賮 賲賳 卮毓賵乇賴 亘丕賱賲賱賱 丕賵 賷亘賱睾賳丕 丕賳 賴匕丕 丕賱賮氐賱 賰卅賷亘 賮賱賳 賷賰鬲亘賴 丕賵 亘毓鬲匕乇 毓賳 賰鬲丕亘鬲賴 亘賴匕賴 丕賱賰丌亘丞 兀賵 賷亘賱睾賳丕 丕賳賴 賱賳 賷賰鬲亘 賴匕丕 丕賱賲賵賯賮 丕賵 匕賱賰 丕賵 賱賳 賷鬲毓賲賯 賮賷 丕賱丨丿賷孬 毓賳 賲賵賯賮 賲丕..
鬲亘丿丕 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賵 賲匕賰乇丕鬲 亘乇丕爻 賰賵亘丕爻 亘賴匕丕 丕賱廿賴丿丕亍 丕賱賲禺鬲賱賮 :
" 廿賱賶 兀賵賱 丿賵丿丞
鬲賳賴卮 賱丨賲 噩孬賲丕賳賷 丕賱亘丕乇丿
兀賴丿賷 賴匕賴 丕賱賲匕賰乇丕鬲 貙
丕賱鬲賷 兀賰鬲亘賴丕 亘毓丿 丕賱賲賵鬲貙
賰丕賱匕賰乇賶 丕賱賲賮毓賲丞 亘丕賱丨賳賷賳"
賷鬲亘毓賴丕 賲賯丿賲丞 賲賳 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 丕賱亘乇丕夭賷賱賷 賲丕卮丕丿賵 丿賷 兀爻賷爻 賷賯丿賲 賱賳丕 賰丕鬲亘 丕賱賲匕賰乇丕鬲 孬賲 賲賯丿賲丞 賰鬲亘賴丕 亘乇丕爻 賰賵亘丕爻 亘胤賱 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱賲賷鬲 賵賰丕鬲亘 丕賱賲匕賰乇丕鬲 賱賷禺亘乇賳丕 丕賳賴 賷丿賵賳 賴匕賴 丕賱賲匕賰乇丕鬲 賲賳 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱丌禺乇..
賷亘丿兀 丕賱噩夭亍 丕賱丕賵賱 賲賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘卮賰賱 睾乇賷亘 賷噩毓賱賳賷 丕鬲爻丕亍賱 毓賲丕 爻賵賮 鬲丨賲賱賴 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 孬賲 鬲兀禺匕 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 卮賰賱 丌禺乇 丨賷賳 賷亘丿兀 亘乇丕爻 賰賵亘丕爻 丕賱丨丿賷孬 毓賳 丨賷丕鬲賴 賲賳匕 賲賵賱丿賴 亘賰賱 丕賱丕丨丿丕孬 丕賱鬲賶 賲乇鬲 亘賴丕 胤賮賵賱鬲賴 賵賲乇丕賴賯鬲賴 賵丨賷丕鬲賴 賵賲賳 賲乇 亘賴丕 賲賳 卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賵丕丨丿丕孬 丨鬲賶 賵賮丕鬲賴 ..
賯氐丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賮賷 丨丿 匕丕鬲賴丕 賯丿 鬲賰賵賳 毓丕丿賷丞 賵賱賷爻鬲 賲賲賷夭丞 賱賰賳 丕賱賲賲賷夭 丨賯丕賸 賰丕賳 兀爻賱賵亘 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞 ...賮丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賷賯丿賲 賱賳丕 丕賱賰孬賷乇 賲賳 丕賱鬲卮亘賷賴丕鬲 丕賱乇丕卅毓丞 亘兀爻賱賵亘 噩賲賷賱 睾賷乇 賲鬲賰賱賮 賲毓 廿丿禺丕賱 亘毓囟 丕賱爻禺乇賷丞 丕賱禺賮賷賮丞 兀丨賷丕賳丕貙賵丕賱賮賱爻賮賷丞 兀丨賷丕賳丕 丕賱鬲賷 夭丕丿鬲 賮賷 丕賱噩夭亍 丕賱丕禺賷乇 賵賰丕賳鬲 孬賯賷賱丞 毓賱賶 賳賮爻賷. 亘噩丕賳亘 賰賲丕 匕賰乇鬲 噩夭亍 丕賱丨丿賷孬 賲毓 丕賱賯丕乇卅 賵廿卮乇丕賰賴 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕丨賷丕賳丕 兀禺乇賶 ..
"廿賳 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賷賳胤賵賷 毓賱賶 毓賷亘 禺胤賷乇 貙 賵氐丕乇禺. 廿賳 卮乇 賲賵丕胤賳 丕賱賯氐賵乇 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賴賵 兀賳鬲 貙 兀賷賴丕 丕賱賯丕乇卅. 賱兀賳賰 鬲爻鬲毓噩賱 丕賱鬲賯丿賲 賮賷 丕賱毓賲乇 貙 丕賲丕 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賮賷賲囟賶 亘亘胤亍 . 鬲丨亘 丕賱爻乇丿 丕賱賲亘丕卮乇 丕賱賲鬲氐賱 貙 丕賱兀爻賱賵亘 丕賱丕毓鬲賷丕丿賷 丕賱丕賳爻賷丕亘賷 貙 丕賲丕 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 貙 賵兀爻賱賵亘賷 賮賷 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞 貙 賮賴賲丕 賰丕賱賲禺賲賵乇賷賳 貙 賷鬲乇賳丨丕賳 賷賲賳丞賸 賵賷爻乇丞賸 貙 賷爻賷乇丕賳 貙 賷鬲賵賯賮丕賳 貙 賷睾賲睾賲丕賳 貙 賷氐乇禺丕賳 貙 賷賯賴賯賴丕賳 貙 賷鬲賵毓丿丕賳 丕賱爻賲丕亍 貙 鬲夭賱 兀賯丿丕賲賴賲丕 貙 賵賷爻賯胤丕賳 ... 賵賷爻賯胤丕賳 !"
兀爻賱賵亘 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 噩賲賷賱 .. 賮乇睾賲 丕賳賶 賰賳鬲 丕鬲爻丕亍賱 胤賵丕賱 賯乇丕卅鬲賷 毓賳 賮丕卅丿丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 兀賵 賲丕 賷乇睾亘 賮賷 賯賵賱賴 丕賱亘胤賱 賵丕賱賰丕鬲亘 丕賱丕 丕賳賶 賰賳鬲 賲爻鬲賲鬲毓丞 亘丕賱兀爻賱賵亘 賵胤乇賷賯丞 丕賱爻乇丿 乇睾賲 丕賳賶 賰賳鬲 賲鬲禺賵賮丞 賲賳賴 賵賲賳 丕賱噩丕賳亘 丕賱爻丕禺乇 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賱賰賳 丕賰鬲卮賮鬲 丕賳賴丕 賲賰鬲賵亘丞 亘兀爻賱賵亘 噩匕丕亘 賵賲禺鬲賱賮 賮兀毓噩亘鬲賳賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賵兀鬲賲賳賶 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 賲乇丞 兀禺乇賶 賱賱賰丕鬲亘.
鈥�
鈥徺堌必嘿� 丕賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賲賰鬲賵亘丞 毓丕賲 佟侉侉佟 廿賱丕 丕賳賶 賱賲 丕卮毓乇 丕賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賯丿賷賲丞 亘賴匕丕 丕賱卮賰賱 賮丕賱兀爻賱賵亘 賵胤亘賷毓丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賱丕 賷賵丨賷 亘兀賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賯丿賷賲丞 .
賵胤亘毓丕 卮賰乇丕 賱賲丕乇賰 噩賲丕賱 毓賱賶 丕賱鬲乇噩賲丞 丕賱乇丕卅毓丞 鉂�
賵亘賰鬲亘 鬲丨賷丞 亘乇囟賴 賱賲氐賲賲 丕賱睾賱丕賮 賵禺丕氐丞 丕禺鬲賷丕乇 丕賱賱賵賳 丨亘賷鬲賴 鉂�
賯乇丕亍丞 賲卮鬲乇賰丞 賲毓 丕亘賳 丕禺賷 丕賱丨亘賷亘 丕丨賲丿 賳賵乇 丕賱丿賷賳 鉂�.
佟侉 / 伲 / 佗贍佗伲
丨賷賳 賷賰鬲亘 卮禺氐 賲賷鬲 毓賳 丨賷丕鬲賴 賮賴賵 賱賷爻 賮賷 丨丕噩丞 賱賱賰匕亘 賵丕賱賲丿丕乇丕丞 賵賱丕 賷乇睾亘 賲賳丕 賮賷 丕賱鬲氐賮賷賯 賱賴 亘賱 賴賵 賷毓乇囟 賱賳丕 賰賱 卮卅 亘毓賮賵賷丞 賵氐丿賯 賵氐乇丕丨丞 賵爻禺乇賷丞 兀賷囟丕 賵賷卮丕乇賰 賵賷鬲丨丿孬 賲毓 丕賱賯丕乇卅 賵賷鬲賵賯毓 賲卮丕毓乇賴 賵賷禺丕賮 賲賳 卮毓賵乇賴 亘丕賱賲賱賱 丕賵 賷亘賱睾賳丕 丕賳 賴匕丕 丕賱賮氐賱 賰卅賷亘 賮賱賳 賷賰鬲亘賴 丕賵 亘毓鬲匕乇 毓賳 賰鬲丕亘鬲賴 亘賴匕賴 丕賱賰丌亘丞 兀賵 賷亘賱睾賳丕 丕賳賴 賱賳 賷賰鬲亘 賴匕丕 丕賱賲賵賯賮 丕賵 匕賱賰 丕賵 賱賳 賷鬲毓賲賯 賮賷 丕賱丨丿賷孬 毓賳 賲賵賯賮 賲丕..
鬲亘丿丕 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賵 賲匕賰乇丕鬲 亘乇丕爻 賰賵亘丕爻 亘賴匕丕 丕賱廿賴丿丕亍 丕賱賲禺鬲賱賮 :
" 廿賱賶 兀賵賱 丿賵丿丞
鬲賳賴卮 賱丨賲 噩孬賲丕賳賷 丕賱亘丕乇丿
兀賴丿賷 賴匕賴 丕賱賲匕賰乇丕鬲 貙
丕賱鬲賷 兀賰鬲亘賴丕 亘毓丿 丕賱賲賵鬲貙
賰丕賱匕賰乇賶 丕賱賲賮毓賲丞 亘丕賱丨賳賷賳"
賷鬲亘毓賴丕 賲賯丿賲丞 賲賳 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 丕賱亘乇丕夭賷賱賷 賲丕卮丕丿賵 丿賷 兀爻賷爻 賷賯丿賲 賱賳丕 賰丕鬲亘 丕賱賲匕賰乇丕鬲 孬賲 賲賯丿賲丞 賰鬲亘賴丕 亘乇丕爻 賰賵亘丕爻 亘胤賱 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱賲賷鬲 賵賰丕鬲亘 丕賱賲匕賰乇丕鬲 賱賷禺亘乇賳丕 丕賳賴 賷丿賵賳 賴匕賴 丕賱賲匕賰乇丕鬲 賲賳 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱丌禺乇..
賷亘丿兀 丕賱噩夭亍 丕賱丕賵賱 賲賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘卮賰賱 睾乇賷亘 賷噩毓賱賳賷 丕鬲爻丕亍賱 毓賲丕 爻賵賮 鬲丨賲賱賴 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 孬賲 鬲兀禺匕 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 卮賰賱 丌禺乇 丨賷賳 賷亘丿兀 亘乇丕爻 賰賵亘丕爻 丕賱丨丿賷孬 毓賳 丨賷丕鬲賴 賲賳匕 賲賵賱丿賴 亘賰賱 丕賱丕丨丿丕孬 丕賱鬲賶 賲乇鬲 亘賴丕 胤賮賵賱鬲賴 賵賲乇丕賴賯鬲賴 賵丨賷丕鬲賴 賵賲賳 賲乇 亘賴丕 賲賳 卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賵丕丨丿丕孬 丨鬲賶 賵賮丕鬲賴 ..
賯氐丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賮賷 丨丿 匕丕鬲賴丕 賯丿 鬲賰賵賳 毓丕丿賷丞 賵賱賷爻鬲 賲賲賷夭丞 賱賰賳 丕賱賲賲賷夭 丨賯丕賸 賰丕賳 兀爻賱賵亘 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞 ...賮丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賷賯丿賲 賱賳丕 丕賱賰孬賷乇 賲賳 丕賱鬲卮亘賷賴丕鬲 丕賱乇丕卅毓丞 亘兀爻賱賵亘 噩賲賷賱 睾賷乇 賲鬲賰賱賮 賲毓 廿丿禺丕賱 亘毓囟 丕賱爻禺乇賷丞 丕賱禺賮賷賮丞 兀丨賷丕賳丕貙賵丕賱賮賱爻賮賷丞 兀丨賷丕賳丕 丕賱鬲賷 夭丕丿鬲 賮賷 丕賱噩夭亍 丕賱丕禺賷乇 賵賰丕賳鬲 孬賯賷賱丞 毓賱賶 賳賮爻賷. 亘噩丕賳亘 賰賲丕 匕賰乇鬲 噩夭亍 丕賱丨丿賷孬 賲毓 丕賱賯丕乇卅 賵廿卮乇丕賰賴 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕丨賷丕賳丕 兀禺乇賶 ..
"廿賳 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賷賳胤賵賷 毓賱賶 毓賷亘 禺胤賷乇 貙 賵氐丕乇禺. 廿賳 卮乇 賲賵丕胤賳 丕賱賯氐賵乇 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賴賵 兀賳鬲 貙 兀賷賴丕 丕賱賯丕乇卅. 賱兀賳賰 鬲爻鬲毓噩賱 丕賱鬲賯丿賲 賮賷 丕賱毓賲乇 貙 丕賲丕 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賮賷賲囟賶 亘亘胤亍 . 鬲丨亘 丕賱爻乇丿 丕賱賲亘丕卮乇 丕賱賲鬲氐賱 貙 丕賱兀爻賱賵亘 丕賱丕毓鬲賷丕丿賷 丕賱丕賳爻賷丕亘賷 貙 丕賲丕 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 貙 賵兀爻賱賵亘賷 賮賷 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞 貙 賮賴賲丕 賰丕賱賲禺賲賵乇賷賳 貙 賷鬲乇賳丨丕賳 賷賲賳丞賸 賵賷爻乇丞賸 貙 賷爻賷乇丕賳 貙 賷鬲賵賯賮丕賳 貙 賷睾賲睾賲丕賳 貙 賷氐乇禺丕賳 貙 賷賯賴賯賴丕賳 貙 賷鬲賵毓丿丕賳 丕賱爻賲丕亍 貙 鬲夭賱 兀賯丿丕賲賴賲丕 貙 賵賷爻賯胤丕賳 ... 賵賷爻賯胤丕賳 !"
兀爻賱賵亘 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 噩賲賷賱 .. 賮乇睾賲 丕賳賶 賰賳鬲 丕鬲爻丕亍賱 胤賵丕賱 賯乇丕卅鬲賷 毓賳 賮丕卅丿丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 兀賵 賲丕 賷乇睾亘 賮賷 賯賵賱賴 丕賱亘胤賱 賵丕賱賰丕鬲亘 丕賱丕 丕賳賶 賰賳鬲 賲爻鬲賲鬲毓丞 亘丕賱兀爻賱賵亘 賵胤乇賷賯丞 丕賱爻乇丿 乇睾賲 丕賳賶 賰賳鬲 賲鬲禺賵賮丞 賲賳賴 賵賲賳 丕賱噩丕賳亘 丕賱爻丕禺乇 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賱賰賳 丕賰鬲卮賮鬲 丕賳賴丕 賲賰鬲賵亘丞 亘兀爻賱賵亘 噩匕丕亘 賵賲禺鬲賱賮 賮兀毓噩亘鬲賳賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賵兀鬲賲賳賶 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 賲乇丞 兀禺乇賶 賱賱賰丕鬲亘.
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鈥徺堌必嘿� 丕賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賲賰鬲賵亘丞 毓丕賲 佟侉侉佟 廿賱丕 丕賳賶 賱賲 丕卮毓乇 丕賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賯丿賷賲丞 亘賴匕丕 丕賱卮賰賱 賮丕賱兀爻賱賵亘 賵胤亘賷毓丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賱丕 賷賵丨賷 亘兀賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賯丿賷賲丞 .
賵胤亘毓丕 卮賰乇丕 賱賲丕乇賰 噩賲丕賱 毓賱賶 丕賱鬲乇噩賲丞 丕賱乇丕卅毓丞 鉂�
賵亘賰鬲亘 鬲丨賷丞 亘乇囟賴 賱賲氐賲賲 丕賱睾賱丕賮 賵禺丕氐丞 丕禺鬲賷丕乇 丕賱賱賵賳 丨亘賷鬲賴 鉂�
賯乇丕亍丞 賲卮鬲乇賰丞 賲毓 丕亘賳 丕禺賷 丕賱丨亘賷亘 丕丨賲丿 賳賵乇 丕賱丿賷賳 鉂�.
佟侉 / 伲 / 佗贍佗伲
October 16, 2020
Over the course of the last year, Machado de Assis has been recommended to me on my YouTube channel on five different occasions. It wasn't until the new shiny translation by Flora Thompson-DeVeaux though that I actually decided to pick up one of his books.
I read way too few South American lit and follow way too few South American reviewers (recommendations for both are always welcome!), so it's not a surprise that I hadn't heard of Machado de Assis before. Nonetheless, I felt somewhat guilty and ashamed when I started to research his work and realised the magnitude and impact his work had on Brazilian literature. Up to this day, he is revered and such a local icon that his books are still required reading in school and not many Latinx writers of the 20th and 21the century can claim to have not been influenced by good ole Machado de Assis. Salman Rushdie famously said: "If Borges is the writer who made Garc铆a Marquez possible, then it is no exaggeration to say that Machado de Assis is the writer who made Borges possible."
And even though Machado de Assis doesn't have as much critical acclaim in the West, some of our local icons seemingly couldn't shut up about him. Susan Sontag called him "the greatest writer ever produced in Latin America", Ginsberg thought of him as "another Kafka" and Philip Roth referred to him as "a great ironist, a tragic comedian."
Still, Machado de Assis has yet to find his place in the Anglophone canon. In her introduction, Flora Thompson-DeVeaux writes that "each generation seems to have its "Machado moment," glimpsing the diamond of his work anew." And I have to agree with her. I think our generation, due to the new translation by Penguin (and there's even another 2020 translation published by Liveright), might have its "Machado moment" now. And why shouldn't we? It's such an interesting, sometimes fun novel that speaks to readers across centuries. It's a true classic.
In 1897 he founded and became the first President of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. He was multilingual, having taught himself French, English, German and Greek in later life. Given all of his achievements, I am surprised that I never stumbled upon his name when looking for more Black writers to check out. I mean ... Machado de Assis really was that bitch.
In the foreword of this very well put together new translation (we really have to applaud Penguin here!), Dave Eggers writes that "wit leaps centuries and hemispheres. It does not collect dust, and, when done right, it does not age." I wholeheartedly agree. And when I got into the first chapters of The Posthumous Memoirs of Br谩s Cubas I was utterly enamoured and charmed by the wittiness that Machado de Assis put on display. Damn, I laughed out loud, that's how funny this novel started out. [Unfortunately, this promising beginning was not an indication of how the rest of the novel would go, but we'll talk about that later.]
The Posthumous Memoirs of Br谩s Cubas are narrated by Br谩s himself, what's so extraordinary about this choice is the fact that he's already dead 鈥� so he's telling his life's story from the grave. The novel starts out in the best way possible:
This is an aesthetic book, where there eis no judge but one's conscience, and where the offender lies alone, in a box permeated by worms, recounting his life and failures without any heavenly consequence. It is wholly original and unlike anything other than the many books that came after it and seem to have knowingly or not borrowed from it.
We may get a clearer sense of how odd the book seemed by looking at the company it kept. Machado's contemporaries and immediate predecessors could mostly be found writing urban society dramas or origin stories that dwelled on the fusion of the nation's "three races" 鈥� the Portuguese, Native peoples, and African slaves. Their prose, for the most part, has aged, while Machado's remains eerily fresh. When held against the peans to the lush Atlantic forest and self-sacrificing indigenous heroes, Machado's novels seemed to many of his contemporaries rather lacking in national spirit. As Machado would write in a famous 1873 essay: "One sometimes hears an opinion regarding this topic that I consider erroneous. This is that the only works of true national spirit are those that describe local subjects, a belief that if correct would greatly limit the resources available to our literature." If Shakespeare could lift plots from Italy and Spain, why couldn't Machado dip his pen into a Sternean inkwell?
Slavery haunts the novel in ways that might have been immediately present and uncomfortable for Machado's contemporaries, but whose subtleties lie in contextual knowledge not readily accessible to modern readers. Br谩s's perplexity at the cruelty of the yellow fever epidemic that swept through Rio in 1850, for example, is comprehensible on its face, but it takes on a different light entirely when we read that the plague had a distinctly racial bent. The city's African population was largely spared, thanks to inherited immunity to the virus that caused the disease, while European immigrants and the white population were hardest hit.
When another character fantasies about mustering half-dozen good men to throw all the English out of Rio de Janeiro, the sentiment becomes both slightly more understandable and more sinister when we know that the English government was working to strangle the Atlantic slave trade and had recently affirmed its right to stop Brazilian ships and search them for suspect cargo. The novel's meanings far overspill its historical context, of course, but a fuller understanding of these time-bound elements enriches it immeasurably.
Therefore, I would like to stress that as a German who hasn't done much research on Brazil, let alone Brazil of the 1880s, many of the references in this novel and its cultural significance flew over my head. I appreciate Flora's effort at explaining things in the endnotes and giving context where she felt the need to provide it, nonetheless, I can tell that as someone completely removed from the Brazilian context, this novel was sometimes hard for me to grapple with.
And whilst I loved researching it and definitely appreciate it for everything it stands for, I have to say that ultimately the novel fell flat for me out of two reasons: The first being that I didn't vibe with the humor later on in the novel and the second that I didn't enjoy its focus on the ridiculous romance/ obsession that Br谩s had with Virg铆lia.
Whilst in the beginning of the novel, I loved its humorous tones and laughed out loud at all the irony and sarcasm and self-referentiality on the page, I have to admit that it somehow got old. After some 50 pages, Br谩s voice started to bore me. I was no longer able to laugh at his jokes, I found it all rather silly and unnecessary. Needless to say, there were still moments at the end that made me cackle, I mean how can you not laugh at: "I remember that I turned my face away and lowered my eyes to the floor. I recommend this gesture to people who have no ready response, or to those who fear to face the pupils of other eyes.". It's too damn witty not to laugh. But still, overall, the novel gave nothing to me. A few laughs here and there, total exasperation with all of the characters involved because they were so damn dramatic and ridiculous ... and just a sense of meaninglessness?
Machado de Assis definitely matches Oscar in wit ("We kill time; time buries us.") and I am convinced that the two would've gotten along quite splendidly. But while I found the access to Oscar's work quite easy, the access to Machado's work remained closed to me. Like I said earlier, it's probably a cultural thing but there's no point in denying that this took away from my enjoyment of this novel.
I read way too few South American lit and follow way too few South American reviewers (recommendations for both are always welcome!), so it's not a surprise that I hadn't heard of Machado de Assis before. Nonetheless, I felt somewhat guilty and ashamed when I started to research his work and realised the magnitude and impact his work had on Brazilian literature. Up to this day, he is revered and such a local icon that his books are still required reading in school and not many Latinx writers of the 20th and 21the century can claim to have not been influenced by good ole Machado de Assis. Salman Rushdie famously said: "If Borges is the writer who made Garc铆a Marquez possible, then it is no exaggeration to say that Machado de Assis is the writer who made Borges possible."
And even though Machado de Assis doesn't have as much critical acclaim in the West, some of our local icons seemingly couldn't shut up about him. Susan Sontag called him "the greatest writer ever produced in Latin America", Ginsberg thought of him as "another Kafka" and Philip Roth referred to him as "a great ironist, a tragic comedian."
Still, Machado de Assis has yet to find his place in the Anglophone canon. In her introduction, Flora Thompson-DeVeaux writes that "each generation seems to have its "Machado moment," glimpsing the diamond of his work anew." And I have to agree with her. I think our generation, due to the new translation by Penguin (and there's even another 2020 translation published by Liveright), might have its "Machado moment" now. And why shouldn't we? It's such an interesting, sometimes fun novel that speaks to readers across centuries. It's a true classic.
And I, drawn to the tin rattle that my mother shook before me, would go on ahead, falling here and there; and I walked, probably not too well, but I walked, and so I kept on walking.Machado de Assis was born in Morro do Livramento, Rio de Janeiro, the grandson of ex-slaves, growing up in a poor family, he barely studied in public schools and never attended university. He struggled to rise socially, supplying himself with intellectual superiority and cultural capital. To do so, he took several public positions, passing through the Ministry of Agriculture, Trade and Public Works, and achieving early notoriety in newspapers where he published his first poetry and chronicles.
In 1897 he founded and became the first President of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. He was multilingual, having taught himself French, English, German and Greek in later life. Given all of his achievements, I am surprised that I never stumbled upon his name when looking for more Black writers to check out. I mean ... Machado de Assis really was that bitch.
In the foreword of this very well put together new translation (we really have to applaud Penguin here!), Dave Eggers writes that "wit leaps centuries and hemispheres. It does not collect dust, and, when done right, it does not age." I wholeheartedly agree. And when I got into the first chapters of The Posthumous Memoirs of Br谩s Cubas I was utterly enamoured and charmed by the wittiness that Machado de Assis put on display. Damn, I laughed out loud, that's how funny this novel started out. [Unfortunately, this promising beginning was not an indication of how the rest of the novel would go, but we'll talk about that later.]
The Posthumous Memoirs of Br谩s Cubas are narrated by Br谩s himself, what's so extraordinary about this choice is the fact that he's already dead 鈥� so he's telling his life's story from the grave. The novel starts out in the best way possible:
To the worm that first gnawed at the cold flesh of my cadaver, I dedicate as fond remembrance these posthumous memoirs.Br谩s has nothing to lose 鈥� being dead and all - and therefore he tells the story precisely as he wants to, convention be damned. The novel unfolds in brief, bright chapters, brightened further by the endless self-referentiality and self-doubt. "I am beginning to regret that I ever took to writing this book," Br谩s writes in a chapter called "The Flaw in the Book." "Not that it tires me," he continues. "I have nothing else to do, and dispatching a few merger chapters into the other world is invariably a bit fo a distraction from eternity."
This is an aesthetic book, where there eis no judge but one's conscience, and where the offender lies alone, in a box permeated by worms, recounting his life and failures without any heavenly consequence. It is wholly original and unlike anything other than the many books that came after it and seem to have knowingly or not borrowed from it.
We may get a clearer sense of how odd the book seemed by looking at the company it kept. Machado's contemporaries and immediate predecessors could mostly be found writing urban society dramas or origin stories that dwelled on the fusion of the nation's "three races" 鈥� the Portuguese, Native peoples, and African slaves. Their prose, for the most part, has aged, while Machado's remains eerily fresh. When held against the peans to the lush Atlantic forest and self-sacrificing indigenous heroes, Machado's novels seemed to many of his contemporaries rather lacking in national spirit. As Machado would write in a famous 1873 essay: "One sometimes hears an opinion regarding this topic that I consider erroneous. This is that the only works of true national spirit are those that describe local subjects, a belief that if correct would greatly limit the resources available to our literature." If Shakespeare could lift plots from Italy and Spain, why couldn't Machado dip his pen into a Sternean inkwell?
I don't believe I was born for complex situations.Br谩s's disconcerting freedom as a narrator is rooted in his disproportionate perch in a highly arbitrary Brazilian society. Machado's appropriation of the Sternean form becomes a critique of his country's relationship to power, albeit one so finely executed and so unwilling to be didactic that it would be perceived as such only belatedly. Br谩s as a frivolous, blithely inconsistent member of the ruling class has all the privileges 鈥� among which is also the privilege to tell his story exactly the way that he wants.
Slavery haunts the novel in ways that might have been immediately present and uncomfortable for Machado's contemporaries, but whose subtleties lie in contextual knowledge not readily accessible to modern readers. Br谩s's perplexity at the cruelty of the yellow fever epidemic that swept through Rio in 1850, for example, is comprehensible on its face, but it takes on a different light entirely when we read that the plague had a distinctly racial bent. The city's African population was largely spared, thanks to inherited immunity to the virus that caused the disease, while European immigrants and the white population were hardest hit.
When another character fantasies about mustering half-dozen good men to throw all the English out of Rio de Janeiro, the sentiment becomes both slightly more understandable and more sinister when we know that the English government was working to strangle the Atlantic slave trade and had recently affirmed its right to stop Brazilian ships and search them for suspect cargo. The novel's meanings far overspill its historical context, of course, but a fuller understanding of these time-bound elements enriches it immeasurably.
Therefore, I would like to stress that as a German who hasn't done much research on Brazil, let alone Brazil of the 1880s, many of the references in this novel and its cultural significance flew over my head. I appreciate Flora's effort at explaining things in the endnotes and giving context where she felt the need to provide it, nonetheless, I can tell that as someone completely removed from the Brazilian context, this novel was sometimes hard for me to grapple with.
And whilst I loved researching it and definitely appreciate it for everything it stands for, I have to say that ultimately the novel fell flat for me out of two reasons: The first being that I didn't vibe with the humor later on in the novel and the second that I didn't enjoy its focus on the ridiculous romance/ obsession that Br谩s had with Virg铆lia.
Whilst in the beginning of the novel, I loved its humorous tones and laughed out loud at all the irony and sarcasm and self-referentiality on the page, I have to admit that it somehow got old. After some 50 pages, Br谩s voice started to bore me. I was no longer able to laugh at his jokes, I found it all rather silly and unnecessary. Needless to say, there were still moments at the end that made me cackle, I mean how can you not laugh at: "I remember that I turned my face away and lowered my eyes to the floor. I recommend this gesture to people who have no ready response, or to those who fear to face the pupils of other eyes.". It's too damn witty not to laugh. But still, overall, the novel gave nothing to me. A few laughs here and there, total exasperation with all of the characters involved because they were so damn dramatic and ridiculous ... and just a sense of meaninglessness?
Machado de Assis definitely matches Oscar in wit ("We kill time; time buries us.") and I am convinced that the two would've gotten along quite splendidly. But while I found the access to Oscar's work quite easy, the access to Machado's work remained closed to me. Like I said earlier, it's probably a cultural thing but there's no point in denying that this took away from my enjoyment of this novel.
March 9, 2022
Malevolent Grace
Like Moses recounting his own death in the Torah, this memoir is a miracle from beyond the grave. The miracle is only incidentally theological, however, and much more importantly literary. Written by a self-educated descendant of African slaves brought to Brazil, the last country in the Americas to abandon slavery, the book鈥檚 wit and style are timeless yet unique.
Br谩s Cubas is a sardonic sceptic whom it is impossible to dislike. His honesty about himself and his insights about the world around him are witty, comical, and tragic in equal measure. Every institution - the church, civil administration, the military, education, even the family - is corrupt. They persist because of the delusions produced by the one disaster that Pandora did not release from her hand bag - hope.
The book is self-referential in the tradition of Cervantes and Vel谩squez. It is as ruthlessly doubtful of itself as Montaigne鈥檚 Essais; it is often as epigrammatic as Pascale鈥檚 笔别苍蝉茅别蝉; and as mystically profound as Meister Eckhart. Machado references everybody who鈥檚 anybody in the Western literary world from Aristophanes to Shakespeare, and alludes to dozens more. Fortunately Flora Thomson-Deveaux鈥檚 translation provides usefully succinct and entertaining notes on everything from currency conversion to contemporary world events to the sources of Machado鈥檚 quotes, intentional misquotes and creatively interpretive quotes.
As Thomson-Deveaux says in her Introduction, the book has a 鈥渕alevolent grace and depth.鈥� It鈥檚 humour is continuous but absurd. Machado plays with the reader while entertaining her. But as he says in his own Prologue, he did not write it for the reader but for himself. 鈥淸T]he esteem of the serious and the love of the frivolous, which are the two chief pillars of public opinion,鈥� were of no apparent concern to him. He could offend everyone by laughing at them laughing at him.
A good cause for laughter is precisely how seriously we take the words we use and turn them into ideals toward which to strive. This includes the words Machado himself uses. For Machado the term 鈥榝ixed idea鈥� is meant to designate our obsession with the symbolic at the cost of living. Br谩s Cubas dies precisely because he could not shake his obsession with his 鈥減harmaceutical invention,鈥� an anti-hypochondriacal plaster destined to alleviate our melancholy humanity.鈥� But this is only the final stage of a life filled with such compulsive idealism.
What Br谩s Cubas sought in life was not a better world but a better position in it. He wanted power. As he says, 鈥渨hat drove me most of all was the gratification it would give me to see in newsprint, showcases, pamphlets, on street corners, and finally on the medicine boxes, those four words: The Br谩s Cubas Plaster.鈥� Isn鈥檛 this the universal trap of humanity, power-seeking disguised as humanitarian idealism? We can rationalise any atrocity in the name of social improvement.
In his delirium while dying, Br谩s Cubas has an important vision of Nature herself who is providing some perspective on the significance of his life. Asking why she wants to kill him since she created him, Nature responds without hesitation, 鈥淏ecause I have no more need of you.鈥� Nature also reminds him of her role in his life: 鈥淸F]or I am not only life, I am also death, and you are about to return what I have lent you. For you, great hedonist, there await all the sensual pleasures of nothingness.鈥�
In his vision, Br谩s Cubas gets to understand why we delude ourselves that it could be otherwise. It is precisely that our idealistic verbiage has got us by the throat because in some mythical pre-history 鈥淸Reason] grabbed Folly by the wrists and dragged her outside; then she went in and locked the door. Folly whined a few pleas, snarled a few curses; but she soon resigned herself, stuck out her tongue, and went on her way听.听.听.鈥� This was the original sin passed down since. From its position of complete freedom, Folly formulates the ideals which seem to arrive from nowhere, and thence wreak havoc with our lives and the lives of those around us. Malevolent grace indeed.
Like Moses recounting his own death in the Torah, this memoir is a miracle from beyond the grave. The miracle is only incidentally theological, however, and much more importantly literary. Written by a self-educated descendant of African slaves brought to Brazil, the last country in the Americas to abandon slavery, the book鈥檚 wit and style are timeless yet unique.
Br谩s Cubas is a sardonic sceptic whom it is impossible to dislike. His honesty about himself and his insights about the world around him are witty, comical, and tragic in equal measure. Every institution - the church, civil administration, the military, education, even the family - is corrupt. They persist because of the delusions produced by the one disaster that Pandora did not release from her hand bag - hope.
The book is self-referential in the tradition of Cervantes and Vel谩squez. It is as ruthlessly doubtful of itself as Montaigne鈥檚 Essais; it is often as epigrammatic as Pascale鈥檚 笔别苍蝉茅别蝉; and as mystically profound as Meister Eckhart. Machado references everybody who鈥檚 anybody in the Western literary world from Aristophanes to Shakespeare, and alludes to dozens more. Fortunately Flora Thomson-Deveaux鈥檚 translation provides usefully succinct and entertaining notes on everything from currency conversion to contemporary world events to the sources of Machado鈥檚 quotes, intentional misquotes and creatively interpretive quotes.
As Thomson-Deveaux says in her Introduction, the book has a 鈥渕alevolent grace and depth.鈥� It鈥檚 humour is continuous but absurd. Machado plays with the reader while entertaining her. But as he says in his own Prologue, he did not write it for the reader but for himself. 鈥淸T]he esteem of the serious and the love of the frivolous, which are the two chief pillars of public opinion,鈥� were of no apparent concern to him. He could offend everyone by laughing at them laughing at him.
A good cause for laughter is precisely how seriously we take the words we use and turn them into ideals toward which to strive. This includes the words Machado himself uses. For Machado the term 鈥榝ixed idea鈥� is meant to designate our obsession with the symbolic at the cost of living. Br谩s Cubas dies precisely because he could not shake his obsession with his 鈥減harmaceutical invention,鈥� an anti-hypochondriacal plaster destined to alleviate our melancholy humanity.鈥� But this is only the final stage of a life filled with such compulsive idealism.
What Br谩s Cubas sought in life was not a better world but a better position in it. He wanted power. As he says, 鈥渨hat drove me most of all was the gratification it would give me to see in newsprint, showcases, pamphlets, on street corners, and finally on the medicine boxes, those four words: The Br谩s Cubas Plaster.鈥� Isn鈥檛 this the universal trap of humanity, power-seeking disguised as humanitarian idealism? We can rationalise any atrocity in the name of social improvement.
In his delirium while dying, Br谩s Cubas has an important vision of Nature herself who is providing some perspective on the significance of his life. Asking why she wants to kill him since she created him, Nature responds without hesitation, 鈥淏ecause I have no more need of you.鈥� Nature also reminds him of her role in his life: 鈥淸F]or I am not only life, I am also death, and you are about to return what I have lent you. For you, great hedonist, there await all the sensual pleasures of nothingness.鈥�
In his vision, Br谩s Cubas gets to understand why we delude ourselves that it could be otherwise. It is precisely that our idealistic verbiage has got us by the throat because in some mythical pre-history 鈥淸Reason] grabbed Folly by the wrists and dragged her outside; then she went in and locked the door. Folly whined a few pleas, snarled a few curses; but she soon resigned herself, stuck out her tongue, and went on her way听.听.听.鈥� This was the original sin passed down since. From its position of complete freedom, Folly formulates the ideals which seem to arrive from nowhere, and thence wreak havoc with our lives and the lives of those around us. Malevolent grace indeed.
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夭賳丿诏蹖 丿乇爻鈥屬囏й� 鬲賱禺卮 乇丕 賲蹖鈥屫囏� 賵 賲蹖鈥屫辟堌�. 丕賲丕 丕賳爻丕賳 賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗀� 賴乇 胤賵乇 讴賴 禺賵卮 丿丕乇丿 亘賳賵蹖爻丿貙 丕蹖賳 卮讴賱蹖 丕夭 丌夭丕丿蹖 丕爻鬲. "丿乇亘丕乇賴 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘". 爻賵賳鬲丕诏. 氐 19 讴鬲丕亘
卮丕蹖丿 亘毓囟蹖 讴鬲丕亘鈥屬囏� 賱丕夭賲 丕爻鬲 亘丕乇賴丕 丕夭 賳賵 讴卮賮 亘卮賵賳丿. "禺丕胤乇丕鬲 倬爻 丕夭 賲乇诏 亘乇丕爻 讴賵亘丕爻" 丕夭 丌賳 讴鬲丕亘鈥屬囏й� 亘乇丕賳诏蹖夭賳丿賴 賵 丕氐蹖賱 賵 卮丿蹖丿丕賸 卮讴丕讴丕賳賴 丕爻鬲 讴賴 亘丕 賯丿乇鬲蹖 賴賲趩賵賳 讴卮賮 賵 丿乇蹖丕賮鬲蹖 卮禺氐蹖 亘乇 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 丕孬乇 賲蹖鈥屭柏ж必�. 诏夭丕賮賴 賳蹖爻鬲 丕诏乇 亘诏賵蹖蹖賲 丕蹖賳 乇賲丕賳 讴賴 亘蹖卮 丕夭 蹖讴 賯乇賳 倬蹖卮 賳賵卮鬲賴 卮丿賴 讴丕賲賱丕賸 賲丿乇賳 丕爻鬲."丿乇亘丕乇賴 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘". 爻賵賳鬲丕诏. 氐 21 讴鬲丕亘
蹖讴蹖 丕夭 毓賲賵賴丕蹖賲貙 讴卮蹖卮蹖 亘乇禺賵乇丿丕乇 丕夭 賴賲賴鈥屰� 賲夭丕蹖丕蹖 丌賳 賱亘丕爻貙 丕睾賱亘 賲蹖鈥屭佖� 毓卮賯 亘賴 丕賮鬲禺丕乇 丿賵 乇賵夭賴鈥屰� 丿賳蹖丕 賲丕蹖賴鈥屰� 鬲亘丕賴蹖 乇賵丨 丌丿賲蹖 賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 乇賵丨 丌丿賲 亘丕蹖丿 賲卮鬲丕賯 丕賮鬲禺丕乇 丕亘丿蹖 亘丕卮丿. 賵 毓賲賵蹖 丿蹖诏乇賲 讴賴 丕賮爻乇 賴賳诏 倬蹖丕丿賴 賳馗丕賲 亘賵丿 丿乇 噩賵丕亘卮 賲蹖鈥屭佖�: 毓卮賯 亘賴 丕賮鬲禺丕乇 趩蹖夭蹖 讴丕賲賱丕賸 丕賳爻丕賳蹖貙 賵 亘賳丕亘乇丕蹖賳 丕氐蹖賱鈥屫臂屬� 禺氐賱鬲 丌丿賲 丕爻鬲. 氐 29 讴鬲丕亘
丕蹖 噩賵丕賴乇 賮乇賵卮鈥屬囏й� 毓夭蹖夭 丕诏乇 夭乇 賵 夭蹖賵乇賴丕蹖 卮賲丕 賵 賳爻蹖賴 賮乇賵卮蹖鈥屬囏й� 卮賲丕 賳亘賵丿 趩賴 亘乇 爻乇 毓卮賯 賲蹖鈥屫①呚� 卮賲丕 毓丕賲賱 丿爻鬲 讴賲 蹖讴 倬賳噩賲 蹖丕 蹖讴 爻賵賲 賲亘丕丿賱丕鬲 丿賱 丿乇 毓丕賱賲 賴爻鬲蹖丿. 氐 75 讴鬲丕亘
丌賴 賲丨亘賵亘 爻乇 亘賴 賴賵丕 賵 亘蹖鈥屫ㄘ� 賲賳貙 丕蹖賳 丿乇爻鬲 賴賲丕賳 丕爻鬲毓丿丕丿蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 賲丕 乇丕 賮乇賲丕賳乇賵丕蹖 禺丕讴 讴乇丿賴貙 丕蹖賳 丕爻鬲毓丿丕丿 讴賴 诏匕卮鬲賴 乇丕 亘丕夭 诏乇丿丕賳蹖賲 鬲丕 亘蹖鈥屫ㄘж� 鬲兀孬乇丕鬲 禺賵丿 賵 亘胤丕賱鬲 丿賱亘爻鬲诏蹖鈥屬囏й� 禺賵丿賲丕賳 乇丕 孬丕亘鬲 讴賳蹖賲. 亘诏匕丕乇 倬丕爻讴丕賱 亘诏賵蹖丿 丕賳爻丕賳 賳丕蹖蹖 賲鬲賮讴乇 丕爻鬲. 丕卮鬲亘丕賴 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 丕賳爻丕賳 丕卮鬲亘丕賴 趩丕倬蹖 賲鬲賮讴乇 丕爻鬲. 賴乇 丿賵乇賴鈥屰� 夭賳丿诏蹖 趩丕倬 噩丿蹖丿蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 趩丕倬 賯亘賱蹖 乇丕 鬲氐丨蹖丨 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 賵 禺賵丿卮 賴賲 丿乇 趩丕倬 亘毓丿蹖 鬲氐丨蹖丨 賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 鬲丕 亘乇爻丿 亘賴 趩丕倬 賲鬲賳 賳賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 賳丕卮乇 亘賴 讴乇賲鈥屬囏� 鬲賯丿蹖賲 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀�. 氐賮丨丕鬲 103 賵 104 讴鬲丕亘
亘賴 丕蹖賳 賮讴乇 丕賮鬲丕丿賲 讴賴 倬賵鬲蹖賳 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 亘夭乇诏鈥屫臂屬� 賲賵丕賴亘 丿賳蹖丕爻鬲貙 趩賵賳 倬丕賴丕 乇丕 亘賴 丿乇丿 賲蹖鈥屫①堌必� 賵 丕蹖賳 賮乇氐鬲 乇丕 亘賴 丌丿賲 賲蹖鈥屫囏� 鬲丕 亘丕 丿乇 丌賵乇丿賳 丌賳 丨爻丕亘蹖 讴蹖賮 亘讴賳丿. 丕蹖 賮賱讴 夭丿賴鈥屬囏ж� 丕夭 賲賳 亘卮賳賵蹖丿 賵 倬丕賴丕鬲丕賳 乇丕 卮讴賳噩賴 亘丿賴蹖丿貙 亘毓丿 丿爻鬲 丕夭 卮讴賳噩賴 亘乇丿丕乇蹖丿貙 賵 亘賴 丕蹖賳 鬲乇鬲蹖亘 蹖讴 賱匕鬲 賲賮鬲 賵 賲噩丕賳蹖 賳氐蹖亘鈥屫з� 賲蹖鈥屫促堌�. 氐 117 讴鬲丕亘
丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賵 爻亘讴 賲賳 賲孬賱 蹖讴 噩賮鬲 丌丿賲 賲爻鬲鈥屫з嗀� 睾乇賵賱賳丿 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀� 賯丕賴鈥屬傌з� 賲蹖鈥屫嗀嗀� 亘賴 夭賲蹖賳 賵 丌爻賲丕賳 亘丿 賵 亘蹖乇丕賴 賲蹖鈥屭堐屬嗀� 賲蹖鈥屬勜贺操嗀� 賵 賲蹖鈥屫з佖嗀�... 賵 賲蹖鈥屫з佖嗀�! 丕蹖 亘乇诏鈥屬囏й� 卮賵乇亘禺鬲 丿乇禺鬲 爻乇賵 賲賳貙 卮賲丕 賳丕趩丕乇 丕夭 丕賮鬲丕丿賳 亘賵丿蹖丿貙 賲孬賱 賴乇 趩蹖夭 丿蹖诏乇蹖 讴賴 夭蹖亘丕 賵 禺賵丕爻鬲賳蹖 丕爻鬲貨 丕诏乇 趩卮賲蹖 丿丕卮鬲賲 亘賴 蹖丕丿 卮賲丕 丕卮讴蹖 賲蹖鈥屫臂屫�. 賵 丕蹖賳 丕賲鬲蹖丕夭 亘夭乇诏 賲乇丿賴 亘賵丿賳 丕爻鬲貙 丕诏乇 丿賴丕賳蹖 賳丿丕乇蹖 讴賴 亘禺賳丿蹖貙 趩卮賲蹖 亘乇丕蹖 诏乇蹖爻鬲賳 賴賲 賳丿丕乇蹖. 氐賮丨丕鬲 174 賵 175 讴鬲丕亘
卮丕蹖丿 亘毓囟蹖 讴鬲丕亘鈥屬囏� 賱丕夭賲 丕爻鬲 亘丕乇賴丕 丕夭 賳賵 讴卮賮 亘卮賵賳丿. "禺丕胤乇丕鬲 倬爻 丕夭 賲乇诏 亘乇丕爻 讴賵亘丕爻" 丕夭 丌賳 讴鬲丕亘鈥屬囏й� 亘乇丕賳诏蹖夭賳丿賴 賵 丕氐蹖賱 賵 卮丿蹖丿丕賸 卮讴丕讴丕賳賴 丕爻鬲 讴賴 亘丕 賯丿乇鬲蹖 賴賲趩賵賳 讴卮賮 賵 丿乇蹖丕賮鬲蹖 卮禺氐蹖 亘乇 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 丕孬乇 賲蹖鈥屭柏ж必�. 诏夭丕賮賴 賳蹖爻鬲 丕诏乇 亘诏賵蹖蹖賲 丕蹖賳 乇賲丕賳 讴賴 亘蹖卮 丕夭 蹖讴 賯乇賳 倬蹖卮 賳賵卮鬲賴 卮丿賴 讴丕賲賱丕賸 賲丿乇賳 丕爻鬲."丿乇亘丕乇賴 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘". 爻賵賳鬲丕诏. 氐 21 讴鬲丕亘
蹖讴蹖 丕夭 毓賲賵賴丕蹖賲貙 讴卮蹖卮蹖 亘乇禺賵乇丿丕乇 丕夭 賴賲賴鈥屰� 賲夭丕蹖丕蹖 丌賳 賱亘丕爻貙 丕睾賱亘 賲蹖鈥屭佖� 毓卮賯 亘賴 丕賮鬲禺丕乇 丿賵 乇賵夭賴鈥屰� 丿賳蹖丕 賲丕蹖賴鈥屰� 鬲亘丕賴蹖 乇賵丨 丌丿賲蹖 賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 乇賵丨 丌丿賲 亘丕蹖丿 賲卮鬲丕賯 丕賮鬲禺丕乇 丕亘丿蹖 亘丕卮丿. 賵 毓賲賵蹖 丿蹖诏乇賲 讴賴 丕賮爻乇 賴賳诏 倬蹖丕丿賴 賳馗丕賲 亘賵丿 丿乇 噩賵丕亘卮 賲蹖鈥屭佖�: 毓卮賯 亘賴 丕賮鬲禺丕乇 趩蹖夭蹖 讴丕賲賱丕賸 丕賳爻丕賳蹖貙 賵 亘賳丕亘乇丕蹖賳 丕氐蹖賱鈥屫臂屬� 禺氐賱鬲 丌丿賲 丕爻鬲. 氐 29 讴鬲丕亘
丕蹖 噩賵丕賴乇 賮乇賵卮鈥屬囏й� 毓夭蹖夭 丕诏乇 夭乇 賵 夭蹖賵乇賴丕蹖 卮賲丕 賵 賳爻蹖賴 賮乇賵卮蹖鈥屬囏й� 卮賲丕 賳亘賵丿 趩賴 亘乇 爻乇 毓卮賯 賲蹖鈥屫①呚� 卮賲丕 毓丕賲賱 丿爻鬲 讴賲 蹖讴 倬賳噩賲 蹖丕 蹖讴 爻賵賲 賲亘丕丿賱丕鬲 丿賱 丿乇 毓丕賱賲 賴爻鬲蹖丿. 氐 75 讴鬲丕亘
丌賴 賲丨亘賵亘 爻乇 亘賴 賴賵丕 賵 亘蹖鈥屫ㄘ� 賲賳貙 丕蹖賳 丿乇爻鬲 賴賲丕賳 丕爻鬲毓丿丕丿蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 賲丕 乇丕 賮乇賲丕賳乇賵丕蹖 禺丕讴 讴乇丿賴貙 丕蹖賳 丕爻鬲毓丿丕丿 讴賴 诏匕卮鬲賴 乇丕 亘丕夭 诏乇丿丕賳蹖賲 鬲丕 亘蹖鈥屫ㄘж� 鬲兀孬乇丕鬲 禺賵丿 賵 亘胤丕賱鬲 丿賱亘爻鬲诏蹖鈥屬囏й� 禺賵丿賲丕賳 乇丕 孬丕亘鬲 讴賳蹖賲. 亘诏匕丕乇 倬丕爻讴丕賱 亘诏賵蹖丿 丕賳爻丕賳 賳丕蹖蹖 賲鬲賮讴乇 丕爻鬲. 丕卮鬲亘丕賴 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 丕賳爻丕賳 丕卮鬲亘丕賴 趩丕倬蹖 賲鬲賮讴乇 丕爻鬲. 賴乇 丿賵乇賴鈥屰� 夭賳丿诏蹖 趩丕倬 噩丿蹖丿蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 趩丕倬 賯亘賱蹖 乇丕 鬲氐丨蹖丨 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 賵 禺賵丿卮 賴賲 丿乇 趩丕倬 亘毓丿蹖 鬲氐丨蹖丨 賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 鬲丕 亘乇爻丿 亘賴 趩丕倬 賲鬲賳 賳賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 賳丕卮乇 亘賴 讴乇賲鈥屬囏� 鬲賯丿蹖賲 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀�. 氐賮丨丕鬲 103 賵 104 讴鬲丕亘
亘賴 丕蹖賳 賮讴乇 丕賮鬲丕丿賲 讴賴 倬賵鬲蹖賳 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 亘夭乇诏鈥屫臂屬� 賲賵丕賴亘 丿賳蹖丕爻鬲貙 趩賵賳 倬丕賴丕 乇丕 亘賴 丿乇丿 賲蹖鈥屫①堌必� 賵 丕蹖賳 賮乇氐鬲 乇丕 亘賴 丌丿賲 賲蹖鈥屫囏� 鬲丕 亘丕 丿乇 丌賵乇丿賳 丌賳 丨爻丕亘蹖 讴蹖賮 亘讴賳丿. 丕蹖 賮賱讴 夭丿賴鈥屬囏ж� 丕夭 賲賳 亘卮賳賵蹖丿 賵 倬丕賴丕鬲丕賳 乇丕 卮讴賳噩賴 亘丿賴蹖丿貙 亘毓丿 丿爻鬲 丕夭 卮讴賳噩賴 亘乇丿丕乇蹖丿貙 賵 亘賴 丕蹖賳 鬲乇鬲蹖亘 蹖讴 賱匕鬲 賲賮鬲 賵 賲噩丕賳蹖 賳氐蹖亘鈥屫з� 賲蹖鈥屫促堌�. 氐 117 讴鬲丕亘
丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賵 爻亘讴 賲賳 賲孬賱 蹖讴 噩賮鬲 丌丿賲 賲爻鬲鈥屫з嗀� 睾乇賵賱賳丿 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀� 賯丕賴鈥屬傌з� 賲蹖鈥屫嗀嗀� 亘賴 夭賲蹖賳 賵 丌爻賲丕賳 亘丿 賵 亘蹖乇丕賴 賲蹖鈥屭堐屬嗀� 賲蹖鈥屬勜贺操嗀� 賵 賲蹖鈥屫з佖嗀�... 賵 賲蹖鈥屫з佖嗀�! 丕蹖 亘乇诏鈥屬囏й� 卮賵乇亘禺鬲 丿乇禺鬲 爻乇賵 賲賳貙 卮賲丕 賳丕趩丕乇 丕夭 丕賮鬲丕丿賳 亘賵丿蹖丿貙 賲孬賱 賴乇 趩蹖夭 丿蹖诏乇蹖 讴賴 夭蹖亘丕 賵 禺賵丕爻鬲賳蹖 丕爻鬲貨 丕诏乇 趩卮賲蹖 丿丕卮鬲賲 亘賴 蹖丕丿 卮賲丕 丕卮讴蹖 賲蹖鈥屫臂屫�. 賵 丕蹖賳 丕賲鬲蹖丕夭 亘夭乇诏 賲乇丿賴 亘賵丿賳 丕爻鬲貙 丕诏乇 丿賴丕賳蹖 賳丿丕乇蹖 讴賴 亘禺賳丿蹖貙 趩卮賲蹖 亘乇丕蹖 诏乇蹖爻鬲賳 賴賲 賳丿丕乇蹖. 氐賮丨丕鬲 174 賵 175 讴鬲丕亘
March 6, 2022
A fantastically different read - bizarre and fun and wonderful. I loved it.
January 24, 2021
"this book and my style are like drunkards, they stagger left and right, they walk and stop, mumble, yell, cackle, shake their fists at the sky, stumble, and fall 鈥�"
Absolutely fantastic! Really my only complaint: Machado de Assis's Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas seemed to end abruptly, but maybe that's the way of fictional posthumous memoirs? I don't know. So much I loved about this book. A few things stand out: the chapter in which the narrator visits the centuries past and future riding on the back of a hippopotamus. It turns out to have been a cat, but the observations made are so interesting, and just a little bit crazy. Bras Cubas's relationship to his subject (his own life that he has some trouble getting down on the page) and especially to the reader makes this work feel alive and vibrant. Transitions are even noteworthy. At one point, after making a transition, the narrator asks, "Did you see what I did? Utterly seamless, nothing that might disrupt the reader's rapt attention, not a thing." There was so much here. I'm sure I will reread this soon!
鈥淗e wanted to explain philosophy to me; I asked him not to.鈥�
Absolutely fantastic! Really my only complaint: Machado de Assis's Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas seemed to end abruptly, but maybe that's the way of fictional posthumous memoirs? I don't know. So much I loved about this book. A few things stand out: the chapter in which the narrator visits the centuries past and future riding on the back of a hippopotamus. It turns out to have been a cat, but the observations made are so interesting, and just a little bit crazy. Bras Cubas's relationship to his subject (his own life that he has some trouble getting down on the page) and especially to the reader makes this work feel alive and vibrant. Transitions are even noteworthy. At one point, after making a transition, the narrator asks, "Did you see what I did? Utterly seamless, nothing that might disrupt the reader's rapt attention, not a thing." There was so much here. I'm sure I will reread this soon!
鈥淗e wanted to explain philosophy to me; I asked him not to.鈥�
August 13, 2022
丌蹖丕 丕蹖賳 乇蹖賵蹖賵賵 乇賵 賲蹖亘蹖賳蹖丿責
馃敟爻賵乇倬乇丕蹖夭:
賵賯鬲蹖 賲蹖禺賵丕爻鬲賲 讴鬲丕亘 "禺丕胤乇丕鬲 倬爻 丕夭 賲乇诏 亘丕乇丕爻 讴賵亘丕爻" 乇賵 亘禺賵賳賲/亘卮賳賵賲貙 丕賳鬲馗丕乇 蹖讴 夭亘丕賳 乇爻賲蹖貙 賵 賳孬乇蹖 賯丿蹖賲蹖 讴賴賳賴 卮丿賴 賵 讴爻賱 讴賳賳丿賴 乇賵 丿丕卮鬲賲 讴賴 賯乇丕乇賴 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丕蹖 讴賴 鬲丕 丕賵賳乇賵夭 亘乇丕賲 賳丕卮賳丕禺鬲賴 亘賵丿貨 鬲賵卮 丕夭 鬲丕乇蹖禺 讴倬讴 夭丿賴 亘乇夭蹖賱 賵 噩賳诏 賴丕蹖 丿丕禺賱蹖 讴賴 賴蹖趩 乇亘胤蹖 亘賴賽賲 賳丿丕乇賴 丨乇賮 亘夭賳賴. 丕賲丕 亘丕 卮賳蹖丿賳 丕賵賱蹖賳 賮丕蹖賱 氐賵鬲蹖 亘賴 卮丿鬲 爻賵乇倬乇丕蹖夭 賵 賲噩匕賵亘 卮丿賲. 趩賵賳 賲鬲賵噩賴 卮丿賲 讴賴 亘丕 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 賲丿乇賳 鬲乇蹖賳 夭亘丕賳 賴丕蹖 丕丿亘蹖丕鬲貙 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 賴蹖噩丕賳 丕賳诏蹖夭 鬲乇蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賴丕蹖 噩賴丕賳 賵 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 噩匕丕亘 鬲乇蹖賳 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 賴丕蹖 夭賳丿诏蹖賲 爻乇 賵 讴丕乇 丿丕乇賲. "賲丕趩丕丿賵 丿丌爻蹖爻" 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丕蹖賴 讴賴 鬲賵蹖 亘乇夭蹖賱 亘爻蹖丕乇 賲卮賴賵乇賴 賵賱蹖 亘丕 賵噩賵丿 丕蹖賳讴賴 賲噩爻賲賴 丕卮 丿乇 賵乇賵丿蹖 丌讴丕丿賲蹖 丕丿亘蹖丕鬲 亘乇夭蹖賱 賳氐亘 卮丿賴貙 鬲賵蹖 亘賯蹖賴 噩丕賴丕蹖 賯丕乇賴 丌賲乇蹖讴丕 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丕蹖賴 讴賴 鬲賯乇蹖亘丕 卮賳丕禺鬲賴 賳卮丿賴 丕爻鬲. 丨鬲蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 賱丕鬲賷賳 亘夭乇诏蹖 賲孬賱 亘賵乇禺爻 讴賴 鬲賵蹖 丕蹖乇丕賳 賴賲 讴卮鬲賴 賲乇丿賴 夭蹖丕丿 丿丕乇賴貙 亘賴 賲丕趩丕丿賵 賴蹖趩賵賯鬲 丕卮丕乇賴 賳讴乇丿賴 (卮丕蹖丿賲 丕夭 丨爻賵丿蹖卮) . 賵賱蹖 丿乇 毓賵囟 讴丕乇賱賵爻 賮賵賳鬲爻 丕賵賳 乇賵 賲毓噩夭賴 賳丕賲蹖丿賴 賵 爻賵夭丕賳 爻丕賳鬲丕诏 賴賲 鬲賵蹖 賲賯丕賱賴 丕蹖 丕夭卮 亘毓賳賵丕賳 亘夭乇诏鬲乇蹖賳 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丕賲乇蹖讴丕蹖 賱丕鬲蹖賳 鬲賯丿蹖乇 讴乇丿賴 賵 丕蹖賳 鬲賯丿蹖乇 賴丕 亘丕毓孬 卮丿賳 鬲賵噩賴 賴丕 亘賴 爻賲鬲 賲丕趩丕丿賵 噩賱亘 亘卮賴. 丿乇 睾蹖乇 丕蹖賳氐賵乇鬲 丨鬲賲丕 丕蹖賳 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 賳丕亘睾賴 禺蹖賱蹖 爻丕賱 倬蹖卮 丕夭 丕蹖賳 賴丕 讴丕賲賱丕 賮乇丕賲賵卮 賲蹖鈥屫簇�.
馃敟讴鬲丕亘 "禺丕胤乇丕鬲 倬爻 丕夭 賲乇诏 亘丕乇丕爻 讴賵亘丕爻" 丿乇亘丕乇賴 趩蹖賴:
賴賲賵賳胤賵乇蹖 讴賴 丕夭 丕爻賲卮 賲蹖卮賴 丨丿爻 夭丿貙 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 丿乇亘丕乇賴 賲乇丿蹖 亘賴 丕爻賲 亘丕乇丕爻 讴賵亘丕爻 賴爻鬲卮 讴賴 丕夭 鬲賵蹖 賯亘乇 丿丕乇賴 禺丕胤乇丕鬲 夭賳丿诏蹖卮 乇賵 亘丕夭诏賵 賲蹖讴賳賴 賵 趩賵賳 賴蹖趩 卮賳賵賳丿賴 丕蹖 賳丿丕乇賴貙 丕賵賳 乇賵 亘賴 丕賵賱蹖賳 讴乇賲蹖 讴賴 乇賵蹖 讴丕賱亘丿卮 賲蹖賵賮鬲賴 賵 卮乇賵毓 亘賴 禺賵乇丿賳卮 賲蹖讴賳賴 鬲賯丿蹖賲 讴乇丿賴. 丕賲丕 毓賱蹖 乇睾賲 丕賳鬲馗丕乇賲賵賳 讴賴 賮讴乇 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗃屬� 丕賱丕賳 賲丕趩丕丿賵 賲蹖丕丿 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 乇賵 丕夭 丌禺乇 亘賴 丕賵賱 鬲毓乇蹖賮 賲蹖讴賳賴貙 亘丕夭賲 爻賵乇倬乇丕蹖夭 賲蹖卮蹖賲. 趩賵賳 亘丕乇丕爻 讴賵亘丕爻 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 夭賳丿诏蹖卮 乇賵 丕夭 乇賵夭 亘賴 丿賳蹖丕 丕賵賲丿賳卮 鬲丕 賱丨馗賴 賲乇诏卮 乇賵 亘丕 賳馗賲 賵 鬲乇鬲蹖亘 夭賲丕賳蹖 鬲毓乇蹖賮 賲蹖讴賳賴. 丕賱亘鬲賴 亘賴 賴賲蹖賳 爻丕丿诏蹖 賴賲 賳亘丕蹖丿 亘丕 丕蹖賳 禺丕胤乇丕鬲 亘乇禺賵乇丿 讴乇丿. 趩賵賳 丌賯丕蹖 賲鬲賵賮蹖 亘爻蹖丕乇 丌丿賲 亘匕賱賴 诏賵 賵 卮賵禺蹖 賴爻鬲卮 賵 鬲賵蹖 禺賱丕賱 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 诏賵蹖蹖 賴丕卮 賲乇鬲亘 亘賴 賵賯丕蹖毓 賮賱丕卮 亘讴 賲蹖夭賳賴 蹖丕 趩蹖夭 賴丕蹖蹖 丕夭 丌蹖賳丿賴 鬲毓乇蹖賮 賲蹖讴賳賴 讴賴 鬲賵蹖 讴鬲丕亘 丿賵亘丕乇賴 亘賴卮 賲蹖乇爻賴 賵 亘賴 丕賵賳 丕乇噩丕毓 賯亘賱蹖 丕乇噩丕毓 賲蹖丿賴. 丕賵賳 丿乇 讴賳丕乇 禺胤 丕氐賱蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 讴賴 禺丕胤乇丕鬲 禺賵丿卮賴貙 趩賳鬲丕 禺胤 丿丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 賮乇毓蹖 乇賵 賴賲 亘丕夭 讴乇丿賴 賵 丕夭 夭賳丿诏蹖 丌丿賲丕蹖蹖 讴賴 亘丕賴丕卮 丿乇 丕乇鬲亘丕胤 亘賵丿賳 賴賲 丨乇賮 賲蹖夭賳賴. 乇丕賵蹖 讴鬲丕亘 亘爻蹖丕乇 氐丕丿賯丕賳賴 丕夭 鬲賲丕賲 讴丕乇賴丕蹖 夭卮鬲卮 賵 丕賱亘鬲賴 禺賵亘卮 丨乇賮 賲蹖夭賳賴 賵 賴蹖趩 丕亘丕蹖蹖 丕夭 丕賮卮丕蹖 丕爻乇丕乇 禺賵丿卮 賵 丿蹖诏乇丕賳 賳丿丕乇賴貨 讴賴 禺亘 趩賵賳 賲購乇丿賴貙 丕蹖賳 氐丿丕賯鬲 讴賱丕 鬲賵噩蹖賴 賲蹖卮賴.
馃敟趩胤賵乇 蹖讴 乇賲丕賳 賲賳鬲卮乇 卮丿賴 丿乇 郾鄹鄹郾 賲蹖鬲賵賳賴 蹖讴 乇賲丕賳 賲丿乇賳 亘丕卮賴責
"禺丕胤乇丕鬲 倬爻 丕夭 賲乇诏 亘丕乇丕爻 讴賵亘丕爻"听乇賵丕蹖鬲蹖 亘丕賵乇賳讴乇丿賳蹖 丕夭 亘蹖鈥屫佖з堌� 毓賴貙 亘蹖鈥屫佖з堌� 讴賴 亘蹖鈥屬呚官嗀й屰� 夭賳丿诏蹖 乇賵 丕夭 丿賳蹖丕蹖 丕賵賳胤乇賮 鬲賵賳賱 賳賵乇 噩丕乇 賲蹖夭賳賴. 賲丕趩丕丿賵 鬲賵蹖 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賮賱爻賮賴鈥� 亘爻蹖丕乇 爻丕丿賴 賵 丿蹖賵丕賳賴 賵丕乇 禺賵丿卮 乇賵 丕夭 夭亘丕賳 蹖讴 丌丿賲 賲乇丿賴 丕乇丕卅賴 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁囏� 趩賵賳 讴賴 夭賳丿賴鈥� 賴丕 (鬲賵蹖 丕賵賳 丿賵乇丕賳) 賳賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁� 亘賴 丕賳丿丕夭賴 讴丕賮蹖 丕賵賳賵 丿乇讴 讴賳賳 賵 蹖丕 卮賴丕賲鬲 亘蹖丕賳卮 乇賵 賳丿丕乇賳.
丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 亘賴鈥� 胤賵乇 卮诏賮鬲鈥� 丕賳诏蹖夭蹖 蹖讴 倬爻鬲 賲丿乇賳 倬蹖卮 丕夭 賲賵毓丿 賳賵卮鬲賴 卮丿賴 丕爻鬲貙 賵 亘爻蹖丕乇 倬蹖卮 丕夭 夭賲丕賳 禺賵丿卮 賲賳鬲卮乇 卮丿賴.听馗丕賴乇 讴鬲丕亘 蹖讴 乇賲丕賳 賲毓賲賵賱蹖賴貙 丕賲丕 丿乇 賵丕賯毓 倬爻 丕夭 禺賵賳丿賳 賲鬲賵噩賴 賲蹖卮蹖賲 亘賴 賮氐賱 賴丕蹖 讴丕賲賱丕賸 賳丕賲賳馗賲 鬲賯爻蹖賲 卮丿賴 讴賴 丕夭 賳馗乇 賲丨鬲賵丕貙 爻亘讴 賵 賱丨賳 亘爻蹖丕乇 亘丕賴賲 賲鬲賮丕賵鬲 賴爻鬲賳. 丕蹖賳 鬲賳賵毓 賵丕賯毓丕 亘賴 乇賲丕賳 乇賳诏 亘賵蹖蹖 噩丿蹖丿 丿丕丿賴貙 亘胤賵乇蹖讴賴 賵賯鬲 禺賵賳丿賳 賲賲讴賳賴 鬲氐賵乇 讴賳蹖丿 鬲賵蹖 賴賲蹖賳 丿賴賴 丕禺蹖乇 賳賵卮鬲賴 卮丿賴.
賲丕趩丕丿賵 鬲賵蹖 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 丕夭 賳賵毓蹖 胤賳夭 鬲賱禺 賵 乇讴 诏賵蹖蹖 讴賲 賳馗蹖乇 丕爻鬲賮丕丿賴 讴乇丿賴 (讴賴 亘丕夭 賴賲 禺蹖賱蹖 賲丿乇賳賴) 鬲丕 馗乇丕賮鬲 賴丕蹖 丕丨爻丕爻丕鬲 丕賳爻丕賳蹖貙 亘丿亘禺鬲蹖 賴賵爻 丕賳诏蹖夭 貙 賲爻蹖乇 丕囟賲丨賱丕賱 賵 丕賳賯乇丕囟 乇賵 亘乇噩爻鬲賴 讴賳賴.听鬲賵蹖 賴乇 噩賲賱賴 讴賳丕蹖賴 丌賲蹖夭 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘貙 丨賯蹖賯鬲蹖 亘丿賵賳 鬲丨乇蹖賮 賵 毓乇蹖丕賳 丕夭 噩賳亘賴 賴丕蹖 诏賵賳丕诏賵賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 賵 丕亘毓丕丿 賲禺鬲賱賮 卮禺氐蹖鬲 丕賳爻丕賳 賵噩賵丿 丿丕乇賴 貨 丕賱亘鬲賴 亘乇丕蹖 丌賳丕賳 讴賴 丕賴賱 丕賳丿蹖卮賴 丕賳丿!
賲丕趩丕丿賵 亘丕 鬲毓乇蹖賮 丿丕爻鬲丕賳鈥� 賴丕蹖 賮乇毓蹖 丕蹖 讴賴 丕睾賱亘 賱丨賳 賲爻禺乇賴 賵 卮賵禺 胤亘毓蹖 丿丕乇賳貙 賳賵毓蹖 丕夭 胤賳夭 乇賵 禺賱賯 讴乇丿賴 讴賴 丕夭 蹖讴 讴賲丿蹖 賲丿乇賳 丕賳鬲馗丕乇 賲蹖鈥屫辟�. 亘毓賳賵丕賳 賲孬丕賱 亘乇丕爻 讴賵亘丕爻 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕乇賴 賲爻鬲賯蹖賲丌 亘丕 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 氐丨亘鬲 讴賳賴貙 丿乇爻鬲 賲孬賱 蹖讴 賲噩乇蹖 丕爻鬲賳丿丕倬 讴賲丿蹖.听丕賵賳 蹖讴 賮氐賱 讴丕賲賱 乇賵 丕禺鬲氐丕氐 丿丕丿賴 亘賴 爻乇夭賳卮 賲禺丕胤亘 亘禺丕胤乇 亘蹖 賯乇丕乇蹖 賲賵賯毓 禺賵賳丿賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 .听丕賵賳 賲蹖诏賴: 卮賲丕 毓丕卮賯 乇賵丕蹖鬲 賲爻鬲賯蹖賲貙 賲爻鬲賲乇貙 爻亘讴蹖 賲賳馗賲 賵 乇賵丕賳 賴爻鬲蹖丿貙 丿乇 丨丕賱蹖 讴賴 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賵 爻亘讴 賲賳 賲丕賳賳丿 蹖讴 噩賮鬲 賲爻鬲 賴爻鬲賳丿. 丌賳賴丕 亘賴 趩倬 賵 乇丕爻鬲 鬲賱賵 鬲賱賵 賲蹖 禺賵乇丿賳丿貙 卮乇賵毓 賲蹖 讴賳賳丿貙 睾乇 賲蹖 夭賳賳丿貙 賮乇蹖丕丿 賲蹖 夭賳賳丿貙 睾乇卮 賲蹖 讴賳賳丿貙 賲卮鬲 賴丕蹖卮丕賳 乇丕 亘賴 丌爻賲丕賳 鬲讴丕賳 賲蹖 丿賴賳丿.听爻倬爻 夭賲蹖賳 禺賵乇丿賴 賵 爻賯賵胤 賲蹖 讴賳賳丿.禄听. 賲賳 卮禺氐丕 鬲囟賲蹖賳 賲蹖讴賳賲 讴賴 丕賵賳 亘賴 賴蹖趩 賵噩賴 丕睾乇丕賯 賳賲蹖 讴賳賴.听
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丿乇 賲賵乇丿 鬲乇噩賲赖貙 禺亘 賲賳 賮讴乇 賳賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 鬲乇噩賲赖 丕蹖乇丕丿蹖 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮賴 賵 丕夭 丕蹖賳 亘賴鬲乇 亘卮賴 . 丕賱亘鬲賴 丕蹖賳 鬲賳賴丕 鬲乇噩賲赖 讴鬲丕亘賴 鬲丕 丕賲乇賵夭 賵 趩丕乇賴 丕蹖 噩夭 禺賵賳丿賳 賴賲蹖賳 賳爻禺賴 賳丿丕乇蹖丿. 賵賱蹖 丕胤賲蹖賳丕賳 賲蹖丿賲 禺賵亘賴.
賲賳 氐賵鬲蹖 讴鬲丕亘 乇賵 诏賵卮 丿丕丿賲貙 賮蹖丿蹖 倬賱丕爻 丿丕乇賴貙 丿賴 爻丕毓鬲 亘蹖卮鬲乇 賴賲 賳蹖爻鬲 丕賲丕 丌賳賯丿乇 氐丿丕蹖 乇丕賵蹖 賵 禺賵丿 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 噩匕丕亘賴 讴賴 賲胤賲毓賳賲 禺蹖賱蹖 夭賵丿 鬲賲賵賲 賲蹖讴賳蹖丿卮.
馃敟爻賵乇倬乇丕蹖夭:
賵賯鬲蹖 賲蹖禺賵丕爻鬲賲 讴鬲丕亘 "禺丕胤乇丕鬲 倬爻 丕夭 賲乇诏 亘丕乇丕爻 讴賵亘丕爻" 乇賵 亘禺賵賳賲/亘卮賳賵賲貙 丕賳鬲馗丕乇 蹖讴 夭亘丕賳 乇爻賲蹖貙 賵 賳孬乇蹖 賯丿蹖賲蹖 讴賴賳賴 卮丿賴 賵 讴爻賱 讴賳賳丿賴 乇賵 丿丕卮鬲賲 讴賴 賯乇丕乇賴 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丕蹖 讴賴 鬲丕 丕賵賳乇賵夭 亘乇丕賲 賳丕卮賳丕禺鬲賴 亘賵丿貨 鬲賵卮 丕夭 鬲丕乇蹖禺 讴倬讴 夭丿賴 亘乇夭蹖賱 賵 噩賳诏 賴丕蹖 丿丕禺賱蹖 讴賴 賴蹖趩 乇亘胤蹖 亘賴賽賲 賳丿丕乇賴 丨乇賮 亘夭賳賴. 丕賲丕 亘丕 卮賳蹖丿賳 丕賵賱蹖賳 賮丕蹖賱 氐賵鬲蹖 亘賴 卮丿鬲 爻賵乇倬乇丕蹖夭 賵 賲噩匕賵亘 卮丿賲. 趩賵賳 賲鬲賵噩賴 卮丿賲 讴賴 亘丕 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 賲丿乇賳 鬲乇蹖賳 夭亘丕賳 賴丕蹖 丕丿亘蹖丕鬲貙 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 賴蹖噩丕賳 丕賳诏蹖夭 鬲乇蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賴丕蹖 噩賴丕賳 賵 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 噩匕丕亘 鬲乇蹖賳 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 賴丕蹖 夭賳丿诏蹖賲 爻乇 賵 讴丕乇 丿丕乇賲. "賲丕趩丕丿賵 丿丌爻蹖爻" 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丕蹖賴 讴賴 鬲賵蹖 亘乇夭蹖賱 亘爻蹖丕乇 賲卮賴賵乇賴 賵賱蹖 亘丕 賵噩賵丿 丕蹖賳讴賴 賲噩爻賲賴 丕卮 丿乇 賵乇賵丿蹖 丌讴丕丿賲蹖 丕丿亘蹖丕鬲 亘乇夭蹖賱 賳氐亘 卮丿賴貙 鬲賵蹖 亘賯蹖賴 噩丕賴丕蹖 賯丕乇賴 丌賲乇蹖讴丕 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丕蹖賴 讴賴 鬲賯乇蹖亘丕 卮賳丕禺鬲賴 賳卮丿賴 丕爻鬲. 丨鬲蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 賱丕鬲賷賳 亘夭乇诏蹖 賲孬賱 亘賵乇禺爻 讴賴 鬲賵蹖 丕蹖乇丕賳 賴賲 讴卮鬲賴 賲乇丿賴 夭蹖丕丿 丿丕乇賴貙 亘賴 賲丕趩丕丿賵 賴蹖趩賵賯鬲 丕卮丕乇賴 賳讴乇丿賴 (卮丕蹖丿賲 丕夭 丨爻賵丿蹖卮) . 賵賱蹖 丿乇 毓賵囟 讴丕乇賱賵爻 賮賵賳鬲爻 丕賵賳 乇賵 賲毓噩夭賴 賳丕賲蹖丿賴 賵 爻賵夭丕賳 爻丕賳鬲丕诏 賴賲 鬲賵蹖 賲賯丕賱賴 丕蹖 丕夭卮 亘毓賳賵丕賳 亘夭乇诏鬲乇蹖賳 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丕賲乇蹖讴丕蹖 賱丕鬲蹖賳 鬲賯丿蹖乇 讴乇丿賴 賵 丕蹖賳 鬲賯丿蹖乇 賴丕 亘丕毓孬 卮丿賳 鬲賵噩賴 賴丕 亘賴 爻賲鬲 賲丕趩丕丿賵 噩賱亘 亘卮賴. 丿乇 睾蹖乇 丕蹖賳氐賵乇鬲 丨鬲賲丕 丕蹖賳 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 賳丕亘睾賴 禺蹖賱蹖 爻丕賱 倬蹖卮 丕夭 丕蹖賳 賴丕 讴丕賲賱丕 賮乇丕賲賵卮 賲蹖鈥屫簇�.
馃敟讴鬲丕亘 "禺丕胤乇丕鬲 倬爻 丕夭 賲乇诏 亘丕乇丕爻 讴賵亘丕爻" 丿乇亘丕乇賴 趩蹖賴:
賴賲賵賳胤賵乇蹖 讴賴 丕夭 丕爻賲卮 賲蹖卮賴 丨丿爻 夭丿貙 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 丿乇亘丕乇賴 賲乇丿蹖 亘賴 丕爻賲 亘丕乇丕爻 讴賵亘丕爻 賴爻鬲卮 讴賴 丕夭 鬲賵蹖 賯亘乇 丿丕乇賴 禺丕胤乇丕鬲 夭賳丿诏蹖卮 乇賵 亘丕夭诏賵 賲蹖讴賳賴 賵 趩賵賳 賴蹖趩 卮賳賵賳丿賴 丕蹖 賳丿丕乇賴貙 丕賵賳 乇賵 亘賴 丕賵賱蹖賳 讴乇賲蹖 讴賴 乇賵蹖 讴丕賱亘丿卮 賲蹖賵賮鬲賴 賵 卮乇賵毓 亘賴 禺賵乇丿賳卮 賲蹖讴賳賴 鬲賯丿蹖賲 讴乇丿賴. 丕賲丕 毓賱蹖 乇睾賲 丕賳鬲馗丕乇賲賵賳 讴賴 賮讴乇 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗃屬� 丕賱丕賳 賲丕趩丕丿賵 賲蹖丕丿 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 乇賵 丕夭 丌禺乇 亘賴 丕賵賱 鬲毓乇蹖賮 賲蹖讴賳賴貙 亘丕夭賲 爻賵乇倬乇丕蹖夭 賲蹖卮蹖賲. 趩賵賳 亘丕乇丕爻 讴賵亘丕爻 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 夭賳丿诏蹖卮 乇賵 丕夭 乇賵夭 亘賴 丿賳蹖丕 丕賵賲丿賳卮 鬲丕 賱丨馗賴 賲乇诏卮 乇賵 亘丕 賳馗賲 賵 鬲乇鬲蹖亘 夭賲丕賳蹖 鬲毓乇蹖賮 賲蹖讴賳賴. 丕賱亘鬲賴 亘賴 賴賲蹖賳 爻丕丿诏蹖 賴賲 賳亘丕蹖丿 亘丕 丕蹖賳 禺丕胤乇丕鬲 亘乇禺賵乇丿 讴乇丿. 趩賵賳 丌賯丕蹖 賲鬲賵賮蹖 亘爻蹖丕乇 丌丿賲 亘匕賱賴 诏賵 賵 卮賵禺蹖 賴爻鬲卮 賵 鬲賵蹖 禺賱丕賱 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 诏賵蹖蹖 賴丕卮 賲乇鬲亘 亘賴 賵賯丕蹖毓 賮賱丕卮 亘讴 賲蹖夭賳賴 蹖丕 趩蹖夭 賴丕蹖蹖 丕夭 丌蹖賳丿賴 鬲毓乇蹖賮 賲蹖讴賳賴 讴賴 鬲賵蹖 讴鬲丕亘 丿賵亘丕乇賴 亘賴卮 賲蹖乇爻賴 賵 亘賴 丕賵賳 丕乇噩丕毓 賯亘賱蹖 丕乇噩丕毓 賲蹖丿賴. 丕賵賳 丿乇 讴賳丕乇 禺胤 丕氐賱蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 讴賴 禺丕胤乇丕鬲 禺賵丿卮賴貙 趩賳鬲丕 禺胤 丿丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 賮乇毓蹖 乇賵 賴賲 亘丕夭 讴乇丿賴 賵 丕夭 夭賳丿诏蹖 丌丿賲丕蹖蹖 讴賴 亘丕賴丕卮 丿乇 丕乇鬲亘丕胤 亘賵丿賳 賴賲 丨乇賮 賲蹖夭賳賴. 乇丕賵蹖 讴鬲丕亘 亘爻蹖丕乇 氐丕丿賯丕賳賴 丕夭 鬲賲丕賲 讴丕乇賴丕蹖 夭卮鬲卮 賵 丕賱亘鬲賴 禺賵亘卮 丨乇賮 賲蹖夭賳賴 賵 賴蹖趩 丕亘丕蹖蹖 丕夭 丕賮卮丕蹖 丕爻乇丕乇 禺賵丿卮 賵 丿蹖诏乇丕賳 賳丿丕乇賴貨 讴賴 禺亘 趩賵賳 賲購乇丿賴貙 丕蹖賳 氐丿丕賯鬲 讴賱丕 鬲賵噩蹖賴 賲蹖卮賴.
馃敟趩胤賵乇 蹖讴 乇賲丕賳 賲賳鬲卮乇 卮丿賴 丿乇 郾鄹鄹郾 賲蹖鬲賵賳賴 蹖讴 乇賲丕賳 賲丿乇賳 亘丕卮賴責
"禺丕胤乇丕鬲 倬爻 丕夭 賲乇诏 亘丕乇丕爻 讴賵亘丕爻"听乇賵丕蹖鬲蹖 亘丕賵乇賳讴乇丿賳蹖 丕夭 亘蹖鈥屫佖з堌� 毓賴貙 亘蹖鈥屫佖з堌� 讴賴 亘蹖鈥屬呚官嗀й屰� 夭賳丿诏蹖 乇賵 丕夭 丿賳蹖丕蹖 丕賵賳胤乇賮 鬲賵賳賱 賳賵乇 噩丕乇 賲蹖夭賳賴. 賲丕趩丕丿賵 鬲賵蹖 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賮賱爻賮賴鈥� 亘爻蹖丕乇 爻丕丿賴 賵 丿蹖賵丕賳賴 賵丕乇 禺賵丿卮 乇賵 丕夭 夭亘丕賳 蹖讴 丌丿賲 賲乇丿賴 丕乇丕卅賴 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁囏� 趩賵賳 讴賴 夭賳丿賴鈥� 賴丕 (鬲賵蹖 丕賵賳 丿賵乇丕賳) 賳賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁� 亘賴 丕賳丿丕夭賴 讴丕賮蹖 丕賵賳賵 丿乇讴 讴賳賳 賵 蹖丕 卮賴丕賲鬲 亘蹖丕賳卮 乇賵 賳丿丕乇賳.
丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 亘賴鈥� 胤賵乇 卮诏賮鬲鈥� 丕賳诏蹖夭蹖 蹖讴 倬爻鬲 賲丿乇賳 倬蹖卮 丕夭 賲賵毓丿 賳賵卮鬲賴 卮丿賴 丕爻鬲貙 賵 亘爻蹖丕乇 倬蹖卮 丕夭 夭賲丕賳 禺賵丿卮 賲賳鬲卮乇 卮丿賴.听馗丕賴乇 讴鬲丕亘 蹖讴 乇賲丕賳 賲毓賲賵賱蹖賴貙 丕賲丕 丿乇 賵丕賯毓 倬爻 丕夭 禺賵賳丿賳 賲鬲賵噩賴 賲蹖卮蹖賲 亘賴 賮氐賱 賴丕蹖 讴丕賲賱丕賸 賳丕賲賳馗賲 鬲賯爻蹖賲 卮丿賴 讴賴 丕夭 賳馗乇 賲丨鬲賵丕貙 爻亘讴 賵 賱丨賳 亘爻蹖丕乇 亘丕賴賲 賲鬲賮丕賵鬲 賴爻鬲賳. 丕蹖賳 鬲賳賵毓 賵丕賯毓丕 亘賴 乇賲丕賳 乇賳诏 亘賵蹖蹖 噩丿蹖丿 丿丕丿賴貙 亘胤賵乇蹖讴賴 賵賯鬲 禺賵賳丿賳 賲賲讴賳賴 鬲氐賵乇 讴賳蹖丿 鬲賵蹖 賴賲蹖賳 丿賴賴 丕禺蹖乇 賳賵卮鬲賴 卮丿賴.
賲丕趩丕丿賵 鬲賵蹖 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 丕夭 賳賵毓蹖 胤賳夭 鬲賱禺 賵 乇讴 诏賵蹖蹖 讴賲 賳馗蹖乇 丕爻鬲賮丕丿賴 讴乇丿賴 (讴賴 亘丕夭 賴賲 禺蹖賱蹖 賲丿乇賳賴) 鬲丕 馗乇丕賮鬲 賴丕蹖 丕丨爻丕爻丕鬲 丕賳爻丕賳蹖貙 亘丿亘禺鬲蹖 賴賵爻 丕賳诏蹖夭 貙 賲爻蹖乇 丕囟賲丨賱丕賱 賵 丕賳賯乇丕囟 乇賵 亘乇噩爻鬲賴 讴賳賴.听鬲賵蹖 賴乇 噩賲賱賴 讴賳丕蹖賴 丌賲蹖夭 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘貙 丨賯蹖賯鬲蹖 亘丿賵賳 鬲丨乇蹖賮 賵 毓乇蹖丕賳 丕夭 噩賳亘賴 賴丕蹖 诏賵賳丕诏賵賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 賵 丕亘毓丕丿 賲禺鬲賱賮 卮禺氐蹖鬲 丕賳爻丕賳 賵噩賵丿 丿丕乇賴 貨 丕賱亘鬲賴 亘乇丕蹖 丌賳丕賳 讴賴 丕賴賱 丕賳丿蹖卮賴 丕賳丿!
賲丕趩丕丿賵 亘丕 鬲毓乇蹖賮 丿丕爻鬲丕賳鈥� 賴丕蹖 賮乇毓蹖 丕蹖 讴賴 丕睾賱亘 賱丨賳 賲爻禺乇賴 賵 卮賵禺 胤亘毓蹖 丿丕乇賳貙 賳賵毓蹖 丕夭 胤賳夭 乇賵 禺賱賯 讴乇丿賴 讴賴 丕夭 蹖讴 讴賲丿蹖 賲丿乇賳 丕賳鬲馗丕乇 賲蹖鈥屫辟�. 亘毓賳賵丕賳 賲孬丕賱 亘乇丕爻 讴賵亘丕爻 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕乇賴 賲爻鬲賯蹖賲丌 亘丕 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 氐丨亘鬲 讴賳賴貙 丿乇爻鬲 賲孬賱 蹖讴 賲噩乇蹖 丕爻鬲賳丿丕倬 讴賲丿蹖.听丕賵賳 蹖讴 賮氐賱 讴丕賲賱 乇賵 丕禺鬲氐丕氐 丿丕丿賴 亘賴 爻乇夭賳卮 賲禺丕胤亘 亘禺丕胤乇 亘蹖 賯乇丕乇蹖 賲賵賯毓 禺賵賳丿賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 .听丕賵賳 賲蹖诏賴: 卮賲丕 毓丕卮賯 乇賵丕蹖鬲 賲爻鬲賯蹖賲貙 賲爻鬲賲乇貙 爻亘讴蹖 賲賳馗賲 賵 乇賵丕賳 賴爻鬲蹖丿貙 丿乇 丨丕賱蹖 讴賴 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賵 爻亘讴 賲賳 賲丕賳賳丿 蹖讴 噩賮鬲 賲爻鬲 賴爻鬲賳丿. 丌賳賴丕 亘賴 趩倬 賵 乇丕爻鬲 鬲賱賵 鬲賱賵 賲蹖 禺賵乇丿賳丿貙 卮乇賵毓 賲蹖 讴賳賳丿貙 睾乇 賲蹖 夭賳賳丿貙 賮乇蹖丕丿 賲蹖 夭賳賳丿貙 睾乇卮 賲蹖 讴賳賳丿貙 賲卮鬲 賴丕蹖卮丕賳 乇丕 亘賴 丌爻賲丕賳 鬲讴丕賳 賲蹖 丿賴賳丿.听爻倬爻 夭賲蹖賳 禺賵乇丿賴 賵 爻賯賵胤 賲蹖 讴賳賳丿.禄听. 賲賳 卮禺氐丕 鬲囟賲蹖賳 賲蹖讴賳賲 讴賴 丕賵賳 亘賴 賴蹖趩 賵噩賴 丕睾乇丕賯 賳賲蹖 讴賳賴.听
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丿乇 賲賵乇丿 鬲乇噩賲赖貙 禺亘 賲賳 賮讴乇 賳賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 鬲乇噩賲赖 丕蹖乇丕丿蹖 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮賴 賵 丕夭 丕蹖賳 亘賴鬲乇 亘卮賴 . 丕賱亘鬲賴 丕蹖賳 鬲賳賴丕 鬲乇噩賲赖 讴鬲丕亘賴 鬲丕 丕賲乇賵夭 賵 趩丕乇賴 丕蹖 噩夭 禺賵賳丿賳 賴賲蹖賳 賳爻禺賴 賳丿丕乇蹖丿. 賵賱蹖 丕胤賲蹖賳丕賳 賲蹖丿賲 禺賵亘賴.
賲賳 氐賵鬲蹖 讴鬲丕亘 乇賵 诏賵卮 丿丕丿賲貙 賮蹖丿蹖 倬賱丕爻 丿丕乇賴貙 丿賴 爻丕毓鬲 亘蹖卮鬲乇 賴賲 賳蹖爻鬲 丕賲丕 丌賳賯丿乇 氐丿丕蹖 乇丕賵蹖 賵 禺賵丿 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 噩匕丕亘賴 讴賴 賲胤賲毓賳賲 禺蹖賱蹖 夭賵丿 鬲賲賵賲 賲蹖讴賳蹖丿卮.
October 29, 2020
Fazendo a minha avalia莽茫o ao jeito t茫o peculiar do nosso amado Machado de Assis, 茅 mais um cl谩ssico que est谩 no papo. Se n茫o aprendi muito, pois que pelo menos pude rir um pouco. Filosofias 脿 parte, quem dera a muitos mem贸rias assim.
December 17, 2015
The reader, like his fellows, doubtless prefers action to reflection, and doubtless he is wholly in the right. So we shall get to it. However, I must advise that this book is written leisurely, with the leisureliness of a man no longer troubled by the flight of time; that is a work supinely philosophical, but of a philosophy wanting in uniformity, now austere, now playful, a thing that neither edifies nor destroys, neither inflames nor chills, and that is at once more of a pastime and less than a preachment.The more I read, the more I come to understand that the trait I admire most in authors is not so much a matter of elegant prose, complex plots, characters that leap off the pages and make their home in your heads when the last page has been turned and the story has ended. Those are all very entertaining in their own right, but clever is as clever does, and rarely provokes long-lasting admiration in my mind. What I prefer is a simple matter of trust, belief, faith even if that is the direction your theological tendencies swing. Faith of the author in themselves, but more importantly, enough faith in their audience to lead them without expounding, carry them along in the pages without tending to their every need and pandering to their every expectation.
Some would disagree with me on that point. In fact, many would, all those folks who dislike books for "trying too hard" and "being too smart". Those who feel that the author did not adhere to the formula enough to guarantee formulaic enjoyment of the audience, and decry them for leading them out of their literary comfort zones and making them confront a strange beast of ink and paper. Oftentimes they look at this weird creature and see something of themselves inside it. Sometimes this bothers them. More frequently than you'd expect, this scares them.
So what does this have to do with this book here, you ask? Good question. I haven't quite figured it out myself, actually. At least, not at this exact point in time, as I type down these words in the middle of a coffee shop, the book itself on my right and a list of its quotes on the left. That's why you're here. You're joining me on this journey, the goal of which is to find the purpose of conducting in the first place. Circular, no? But true.
What this book achieves is an astounding thing in this current age, but even moreso when one takes into account the year of publication. 1880, two years after The Brothers Karamazov and four years before The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. If you asked me which is more closely related to this particular specimen, I'd have to say TBK. But only in terms of the wealth of philosophical content, the exacting and measured analysis of the human condition, the grappling with questions of success, reputation, and mortality. TBK tells you a story in a sonorous tone, preaches from the pulpit of its well-deserved yet greatly intimidating authorial presence. This book hops up on the stand, poses with hand on hip, says a few words in a serious tone, then quickly hops down and invites you to the back table to ruminate and reminisce over a few choice bottles of the finest vintages. There is a man behind the curtain, and he doesn't bother to pretend that he doesn't know that you know that he knows it's there. Instead, he welcomes you into his humble abode, and asks if you wish to hear a story. And trust me, reader, you really should say yes.
Why? Why do we want to hear this story from this author, one who breaks off from all conventions in serving us what cannot at all be deemed a novel? One hundred and sixty bits and pieces of one, perhaps, but how could that possibly flow as strongly and as soothingly as a single entity, one that admittedly breaks off into chapters but ensures that each chapter is a well-rounded stepping stone to the next? Instead, we have this book, whose sections sometimes contain no more than a paragraph, a single sentence, even at some point a series of dots (or ellipses? Impossible to tell). How can a story possibly be told in such an erratic and incomprehensible fashion?
Through conscientious and deliberate interaction of the author with his audience, who predicts their interests and invites them to go beyond them. Through knowledgeable understatement, conveying through simple events powerful ideas on life, love, and the death that the author supposedly composes in, without once feeling the need to paint an obvious map for the reader to jerk themselves around on. Through a measured and insightful eye on the actions of the main character, creating a man that dwells on deep thoughts without realization and dismisses them for frivolities and pleasure, yet is incontrovertibly shaped by the powerful undertow. A man who is both infuriatingly obtuse and startlingly sensitive, capable of both great cruelty and great understanding. A man who lived without effort, and died before making an effort. A man, now dead, writing of a life that he felt was lived without achieving any measure of great suffering, or amount of great joy.
Perhaps he never did acquire those things he longed for so long in life. He did, however, find one thing: a small amount of truth in his life, one that reconciled his mortality with his visions of success, and contented him with living in constant and clear-sighted observation of himself and of others. The character may have never realized the beauty of his thoughts, the wonderful philosophies he drew from a privileged, yet empty living. I believe, however, that the author trusted us enough to discover those for ourselves. However much he played with us during the course of the pages, flattering our sensibilities while baffling our literary conventions, he trusted us to go through his pages and discover something on our own, for our own. That something, however small, is worth everything.
August 16, 2022
Siendo completamente honesto, creo que antes de leer Memorias p贸stumas de Br谩s Cubas nunca hab铆a le铆do a un autor brasile帽o, y no por falta de inter茅s o por no querer descubrir por m铆 mismo historias que podr铆an impactar en m铆 de alguna manera especial como este libro lo ha hecho, sino porque el elegir mi siguiente lectura bas谩ndome en mi zona de confort me imped铆a ir en busca de esos autores y t铆tulos que debo y necesito leer a partir de ahora.
Pienso tambi茅n que debo agradecer 鈥攜 es quiz谩 la primera vez que lo hago en una rese帽a鈥� a la editorial Sexto Piso, porque fue gracias a su edici贸n ilustrada de este cl谩sico que me anim茅 a hacerlo parte de mi colecci贸n y por lo tanto, a darme la oportunidad de disfrutarlo, y vaya que el resultado ha sido completamente positivo.
驴Y de qu茅 va Memorias p贸stumas de Br谩s Cubas? Simple: las memorias de una persona que ha muerto y que desde el 'm谩s all谩' 鈥攕ea lo que esto signifique鈥� nos contar谩 su vida, b谩sicamente desde el d铆a en que naci贸 hasta el d铆a de su muerte, empezando por este 煤ltimo hecho la narrativa de su historia. Debo confesar que no me gustar铆a ahondar en los detalles de la trama puesto que es mejor descubrirlo por uno mismo, no solo por la historia en s铆, sino tambi茅n por la forma en la que est谩 escrita, destacando este elemento por encima de todo lo dem谩s.
Sin duda, el narrador de la novela, quien es el mismo protagonista, tiene un estilo bastante especial para contarnos su historia, al dirigirse al lector en un sin fin de ocasiones e incluso bromear con 茅l o asumir la posible actitud que el lector podr铆a tener ante una u otra situaci贸n. Al romper esta barrera entre narrador y lector, el autor de cierta forma te hace sentirte en confianza y te mantiene atento a la trama de principio a fin. Ahora que lo pienso, desde La feria de las vanidades de Thackeray que no encontraba un narrador con esa particularidad, y en lo personal me ha encantando el c贸mo la novela funciona y cobra vida de esa manera. Y s铆 he de dar mi veredicto, Machado de Assis lo hace mucho mejor aqu铆 que Thackeray en su obra (mi opini贸n).
No est谩 de m谩s mencionar que el autor, especialmente cerca del final de la obra, se enfoca m谩s en desarrollar una teor铆a del Humanitismo, que tiene sus puntos destacables; sin embargo, la historia principal pasa a ser, a lo largo de varios cap铆tulos, una trama alterna que de alguna manera me hac铆a perder el hilo de la misma. Incluso al terminar el libro llegu茅 a creer que me hab铆a olvidado de algo y tuve que volver a leer los primeros tres cap铆tulos, porque como dije antes, el libro da comienzo con el final. Resulta que todo encajaba a la perfecci贸n y me dej贸 completamente satisfecho ver c贸mo el ciclo de la vida se cerraba.
Espero que con este primer acercamiento a la literatura brasile帽a d茅 comienzo un nuevo viaje a trav茅s de varias obras que en el futuro espero leer. Con Memorias p贸stumas de Br谩s Cubas me quedo con la bell铆sima narrativa, la historia de Br谩s Cubas y Virgilia, as铆 como el estilo tragic贸mico del autor, del cual espero leer tambi茅n Dom Casmurro, que de acuerdo a uno de mis mejores amigos quien vive en Minas Gerais, es su obra maestra y una de las obras que todo el mundo conoce en Brasil.
Una novela altamente recomendable, que espero puedan disfrutar tanto como yo la disfrut茅.
鈥溌縉o hay a veces un viento templado, ni fuerte ni 谩spero, pero bochornoso, que no nos hace volar el sombrero ni se arremolina en las faldas de las mujeres, y que, sin embargo, parece peor que si hiciese ambas cosas, porque abate, afloja y parece que disuelva el esp铆ritu? Pues yo llevaba ese viento conmigo y, seguro como estaba de que me hab铆a soplado por hallarme en aquella especie de ca帽贸n entre el pasado y el presente, deseaba llegar a la planicie del futuro. Lo peor es que el coche no avanzaba.鈥�
Pienso tambi茅n que debo agradecer 鈥攜 es quiz谩 la primera vez que lo hago en una rese帽a鈥� a la editorial Sexto Piso, porque fue gracias a su edici贸n ilustrada de este cl谩sico que me anim茅 a hacerlo parte de mi colecci贸n y por lo tanto, a darme la oportunidad de disfrutarlo, y vaya que el resultado ha sido completamente positivo.
驴Y de qu茅 va Memorias p贸stumas de Br谩s Cubas? Simple: las memorias de una persona que ha muerto y que desde el 'm谩s all谩' 鈥攕ea lo que esto signifique鈥� nos contar谩 su vida, b谩sicamente desde el d铆a en que naci贸 hasta el d铆a de su muerte, empezando por este 煤ltimo hecho la narrativa de su historia. Debo confesar que no me gustar铆a ahondar en los detalles de la trama puesto que es mejor descubrirlo por uno mismo, no solo por la historia en s铆, sino tambi茅n por la forma en la que est谩 escrita, destacando este elemento por encima de todo lo dem谩s.
Sin duda, el narrador de la novela, quien es el mismo protagonista, tiene un estilo bastante especial para contarnos su historia, al dirigirse al lector en un sin fin de ocasiones e incluso bromear con 茅l o asumir la posible actitud que el lector podr铆a tener ante una u otra situaci贸n. Al romper esta barrera entre narrador y lector, el autor de cierta forma te hace sentirte en confianza y te mantiene atento a la trama de principio a fin. Ahora que lo pienso, desde La feria de las vanidades de Thackeray que no encontraba un narrador con esa particularidad, y en lo personal me ha encantando el c贸mo la novela funciona y cobra vida de esa manera. Y s铆 he de dar mi veredicto, Machado de Assis lo hace mucho mejor aqu铆 que Thackeray en su obra (mi opini贸n).
No est谩 de m谩s mencionar que el autor, especialmente cerca del final de la obra, se enfoca m谩s en desarrollar una teor铆a del Humanitismo, que tiene sus puntos destacables; sin embargo, la historia principal pasa a ser, a lo largo de varios cap铆tulos, una trama alterna que de alguna manera me hac铆a perder el hilo de la misma. Incluso al terminar el libro llegu茅 a creer que me hab铆a olvidado de algo y tuve que volver a leer los primeros tres cap铆tulos, porque como dije antes, el libro da comienzo con el final. Resulta que todo encajaba a la perfecci贸n y me dej贸 completamente satisfecho ver c贸mo el ciclo de la vida se cerraba.
Espero que con este primer acercamiento a la literatura brasile帽a d茅 comienzo un nuevo viaje a trav茅s de varias obras que en el futuro espero leer. Con Memorias p贸stumas de Br谩s Cubas me quedo con la bell铆sima narrativa, la historia de Br谩s Cubas y Virgilia, as铆 como el estilo tragic贸mico del autor, del cual espero leer tambi茅n Dom Casmurro, que de acuerdo a uno de mis mejores amigos quien vive en Minas Gerais, es su obra maestra y una de las obras que todo el mundo conoce en Brasil.
Una novela altamente recomendable, que espero puedan disfrutar tanto como yo la disfrut茅.
鈥溌縉o hay a veces un viento templado, ni fuerte ni 谩spero, pero bochornoso, que no nos hace volar el sombrero ni se arremolina en las faldas de las mujeres, y que, sin embargo, parece peor que si hiciese ambas cosas, porque abate, afloja y parece que disuelva el esp铆ritu? Pues yo llevaba ese viento conmigo y, seguro como estaba de que me hab铆a soplado por hallarme en aquella especie de ca帽贸n entre el pasado y el presente, deseaba llegar a la planicie del futuro. Lo peor es que el coche no avanzaba.鈥�
July 16, 2023
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June 10, 2016
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乇丕賵蹖 蹖賴鈥屫堌必й屰� 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 乇賵 丿乇 賲乇鬲亘賴鈥屰� 倬丕蹖蹖賳鈥屫臂� 丕夭 禺賵丿卮 賯乇丕乇 賲蹖鈥屫� 賵 鬲賵囟蹖丨 丿丕丿賳 亘賴 賲賳馗賵乇 乇賵卮賳 卮丿賳 賲胤賱亘 乇賵 夭丨賲鬲蹖 賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁� 讴賴 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴鈥屰� 讴賳丿匕賴賳 乇賵蹖 丿賵卮卮 诏匕丕卮鬲賴. 亘丕 丕蹖賳鈥屬囐呝� 丕毓鬲乇丕賮 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴鈥屬囏ж� 亘蹖卮鈥屫� 丕夭 丿賴 賳賮乇 賳蹖爻鬲賳丿. 亘乇丕爻 讴賵亘丕爻 丕夭 丕賵賳 丿爻鬲 賲購乇丿賴鈥屬囏ж池� 讴賴 丿賳亘丕賱 噩賱亘 鬲乇丨賲 賳蹖爻鬲貙 亘賱讴賴 禺蹖賱蹖 賵丕囟丨 亘賴 睾蹖乇丕禺賱丕賯蹖 亘賵丿賳 鬲毓丿丕丿蹖 丕夭 丕毓賲丕賱卮 丿乇 胤賵賱 夭賳丿诏蹖 丕毓鬲乇丕賮 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 賵 賲賴賲鈥屫� 丕夭 賴賲賴 丕蹖賳鈥屭┵� 乇賵丕蹖鬲 夭賳丿诏蹖卮 乇賵 亘賴 卮讴賱蹖 亘賴 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 丕乇丕卅賴 賲蹖鈥屫� 讴賴 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 鬲毓噩亘 讴賳賴 丕夭 丕蹖賳鈥屭┵� 讴鬲丕亘 丿乇 賯乇賳 賳賵夭丿賴賲 賳賵卮鬲賴 卮丿賴.
March 19, 2019
I would very much like to read this again in the afterlife preferably without the four cups of coffee galivanting through my nervous system. Thank you very much.
September 23, 2021
Que livro genial! Fica seguramente como um dos meus livros favoritos!
Escrito e estruturado com uma originalidade fora de s茅rie, este livro conta-nos a hist贸ria da vida de Br谩s Cubas, pela pena do pr贸prio e depois de morto. Sim, isso mesmo. O t铆tulo n茫o engana. O pormenor inicial da dedicat贸ria desta obra - "Ao verme que primeiro roeu as frias carnes do meu cad谩ver..." - cedo ditou o tom inovador, jocoso e irreverente que pautou toda esta leitura.
Br谩s Cubas...her贸i desta hist贸ria, mas na verdade, melhor seria descrev锚-lo como anti-her贸i, pois em boa verdade podemos afirm谩-lo um personagem (bastante) deficit谩rio no que respeita a virtudes e valores. Mas nem por isso deixou de angariar o meu afecto de leitora e o meu sorriso, pela sinceridade na egolatria das suas mem贸rias.
Achei tudo genial neste livro. Est谩 recheado de duplicidades e reflex玫es multifacetadas. Machado de Assis, usando esta "fachada" das mem贸rias da vida (t茫o f煤til quanto in煤til) de um "palerma privilegiado", executa uma cr铆tica feroz mas com muito humor e ironia, ao comportamento humano, usos, costumes e valores de uma classe, de uma 茅poca e de uma sociedade. E f谩-lo com uma frescura e uma for莽a que me fez sentir que este texto podia ser de hoje.
Um cl谩ssico formid谩vel e impressionante!
Escrito e estruturado com uma originalidade fora de s茅rie, este livro conta-nos a hist贸ria da vida de Br谩s Cubas, pela pena do pr贸prio e depois de morto. Sim, isso mesmo. O t铆tulo n茫o engana. O pormenor inicial da dedicat贸ria desta obra - "Ao verme que primeiro roeu as frias carnes do meu cad谩ver..." - cedo ditou o tom inovador, jocoso e irreverente que pautou toda esta leitura.
Br谩s Cubas...her贸i desta hist贸ria, mas na verdade, melhor seria descrev锚-lo como anti-her贸i, pois em boa verdade podemos afirm谩-lo um personagem (bastante) deficit谩rio no que respeita a virtudes e valores. Mas nem por isso deixou de angariar o meu afecto de leitora e o meu sorriso, pela sinceridade na egolatria das suas mem贸rias.
Achei tudo genial neste livro. Est谩 recheado de duplicidades e reflex玫es multifacetadas. Machado de Assis, usando esta "fachada" das mem贸rias da vida (t茫o f煤til quanto in煤til) de um "palerma privilegiado", executa uma cr铆tica feroz mas com muito humor e ironia, ao comportamento humano, usos, costumes e valores de uma classe, de uma 茅poca e de uma sociedade. E f谩-lo com uma frescura e uma for莽a que me fez sentir que este texto podia ser de hoje.
Um cl谩ssico formid谩vel e impressionante!
January 23, 2020
蹖讴 乇卅丕賱蹖爻賲 乇賵丕賳卮賳丕禺鬲蹖 噩匕丕亘
胤賳丕夭貙 乇賵丕賳貙 丌诏丕賴貙 禺賵丿丌诏丕賴 賵 禺賵丿丌诏丕賴
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乇卅丕賱蹖爻賲 乇賵丕賳卮賳丕禺鬲蹖
賲蹖 诏賵蹖賳丿 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 蹖讴 賳賲賵賳賴 丕夭 乇卅丕賱蹖爻賲 乇賵丕賳卮賳丕禺鬲蹖 丕爻鬲. 賱丕 亘賴 賱丕蹖 丕賵乇丕賯 讴鬲丕亘 丕夭 丿爻鬲 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 毓氐亘丕賳蹖 賲蹖鈥屫簇�. 亘丕 禺賵丿賲 賲蹖鈥屭佖�: "丕蹖賳 丿賴賳 爻乇賵蹖爻 趩賯丿乇 禺賵亘 丕賮讴丕乇 賵 丕丨爻丕爻丕鬲蹖 讴賴 丿乇 倬爻 賵 倬爻鬲賵賴丕蹖 匕賴賳賲 賴賲蹖卮賴 倬賳賴丕賳卮 讴乇丿賲 乇賵 賲蹖丿賵賳賴." 丨鬲蹖 乇蹖卮賴鈥屰� 丕賮讴丕乇賲丕賳 乇丕 亘蹖乇賵賳 賲蹖鈥屭┴簇� 賵 賳卮丕賳 賲蹖鈥屫囏�.
乇丕賵蹖 蹖讴 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 蹖 賲購乇丿賴 丕爻鬲 讴賴 禺丕胤乇丕鬲卮 乇丕 倬爻 丕夭 賲乇诏 乇賵丕蹖鬲 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀�. 賮氐賱鈥屬囏� 讴賵鬲丕賴賳丿 賵 爻乇卮丕乇 丕夭 爻乇禺賵卮蹖 賵 胤賳丕夭蹖. 丿乇 丨丿 蹖讴蹖 丿賵 氐賮丨賴. 賲丕噩乇丕賴丕貙 賲丕噩乇丕賴丕蹖 賲毓賲賵賱鈥屫з嗀�. 丕賲丕 亘乇禺賵乇丿 乇丕賵蹖 亘丕 賲丕噩乇丕賴丕蹖 毓丕丿蹖 丕蹖賳 乇賲丕賳 乇丕 禺丕氐 讴乇丿賴.
亘丕 丕蹖賳讴賴 亘爻蹖丕乇蹖 丕夭 賲丕噩乇丕賴丕蹖 讴鬲丕亘 毓丕卮賯丕賳賴鈥� 賵 鬲讴乇丕乇蹖鈥屫з嗀� 丕賲丕 賴蹖趩 诏丕賴 亘賴 丿丕賲 乇賵賲丕賳鬲蹖爻賲 賳賲蹖鈥屫з佖�. 丕夭 丌賳 賳丕賱賴 賵 丕爻鬲睾丕孬賴鈥屬囏й� 毓丕卮賯丕賳 丿賱卮讴爻鬲賴鈥屬囏� 禺亘乇蹖 賳蹖爻鬲. 丿乇 賲乇诏 毓夭蹖夭丕賳卮 賲賵蹖賴鈥屫й� 丌乇丕賲 賵 亘丕 賵賯丕乇 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 賵 賲蹖鈥屭柏必�. 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 賲蹖鈥屫з嗀� 讴賴 亘丕蹖丿 爻乇蹖毓 亘诏匕乇丿. 賲丕噩乇丕 倬卮鬲 賲丕噩乇丕 禺賱賯 賲蹖鈥屫促堌�. 倬卮鬲 賴乇 乇賵丕蹖鬲蹖 鬲丨賱蹖賱鈥屬囏й� 毓賲蹖賯 乇賮鬲丕乇蹖 丕爻鬲. 乇丕賵蹖 亘丕 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 乇賵乇丕爻鬲 丕爻鬲. 卮賲丕 丕蹖賳 氐丿丕賯鬲 乇丕 丨爻 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗃屫�. 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 乇丕 丿乇 蹖讴 賮氐賱 亘丕 氐乇丕丨鬲卮 毓氐亘丕賳蹖 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀�. 賮氐賱 亘毓丿 毓匕乇 賲蹖鈥屫堌з囏�. 丨鬲丕 诏丕賴蹖 亘丕 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 诏賱丕賵蹖夭 賴賲 賲蹖鈥屫促堌�.
诏丕賴蹖 讴賴 蹖讴 賮氐賱 讴賲蹖 禺爻鬲賴 讴賳賳丿賴 賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 丿乇 賮氐賱 亘毓丿 丕蹖賳 賳讴鬲賴 乇丕 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 诏賵蹖丕 禺賵丿卮 賴賲 丿乇讴 讴乇丿賴 賵 蹖丕丿丌賵乇 賲蹖鈥屫促堌�. 賲孬賱丕 噩丕蹖蹖 丕夭 禺爻鬲賴 讴賳賳丿賴 亘賵丿賳 蹖讴 賮氐賱 毓匕乇 賲蹖鈥屫堌з囏� 賵 丕夭 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 氐亘乇 胤賱亘 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀�. 丿乇 賮氐賱蹖 鬲氐賲蹖賲 賲蹖诏蹖乇丿 爻蹖乇 乇賵丕蹖鬲 乇丕 爻乇毓鬲 亘禺卮丿 賵 丕蹖賳 賲賵囟賵毓 乇丕 亘丕 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 丿乇 賲蹖丕賳 賲蹖鈥屭柏ж必�. 丨鬲丕 丿乇 丕賳鬲賴丕蹖 蹖讴 賮氐賱 丕夭 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 丿乇禺賵丕爻鬲 賲蹖讴賳丿 丿乇 賮氐賱 賯亘賱 蹖讴 讴賱賲賴 乇丕 丕囟丕賮賴 讴賳賳丿貙 賵 丕夭 丕蹖賳 丿爻鬲 亘丕夭蹖诏賵卮蹖鈥屬囏й� 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴. 丕賲丕 丿乇 丕賳鬲賴丕 丨爻 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗃屫� 趩賯丿乇 丿蹖 丌爻蹖爻 賲爻賱胤 亘賴 禺賵丿 賵 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 丕爻鬲. 賴賲蹖賳 賲賵囟賵毓 乇賵丕蹖鬲 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 乇丕 噩丕賳丿丕乇 賵 噩匕丕亘 讴乇丿賴.
乇賵丕賳 賲乇丿丕賳賴
丌賳趩賴 丿乇 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賲賲鬲丕夭 丕爻鬲貙 丌诏丕賴蹖 毓賲賵賲蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 亘賴 丨丕賱 賵 賴賵丕蹖 賲乇丿丕賳賴 (賵 诏丕賴蹖 毓賲賵賲丕 丕賳爻丕賳蹖) 丿丕乇丿. 乇丕賵蹖 亘賴 夭賳丕賳 毓賱丕賯賴 賲賳丿 賲蹖鈥屫促堌�. 丕賲丕 賲蹖鈥屫з嗀� 讴賴 亘賴 趩賴 趩蹖夭蹖 毓賱丕賯賴 丿丕卮鬲賴 丕爻鬲. 趩賵賳 丨丕賱丕 賲購乇丿賴 賵 诏匕卮鬲賴 乇丕 禺賵亘 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 賲蹖 丌賵乇丿. 賮丕乇睾 丕夭 亘賳丿 賵 夭賳噩蹖乇賴丕蹖 丿賳蹖丕蹖蹖.
丕诏乇 毓賱丕賯賴 丕卮 噩賳爻蹖 丕爻鬲 亘蹖丕賳卮 賲蹖讴賳丿. 丕诏乇 毓賱丕賯賴 亘賴 氐乇賮 乇賴丕蹖蹖 丕夭 鬲賳賴丕蹖蹖 丕爻鬲. 噩匕丕亘蹖鬲 賲毓氐賵賲丕賳賴 乇丕 丨爻 賲蹖讴賳丿 亘丕 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 丿乇 賲蹖丕賳 賲蹖鈥屭柏ж必�.
丕賲蹖丕賱蹖 賲孬賱 賲蹖賱 亘賴 賯丿乇鬲貙 賳蹖讴賵讴丕乇蹖貙 丕賳鬲賯丕賲貙 丨爻丕丿鬲 賵 睾蹖乇賴 乇丕 禺蹖賱蹖 乇讴 賵 乇丕爻鬲 丕乇丕卅賴 賲蹖鈥屫囏�. 丕夭 賳丨賵賴 蹖 亘乇禺賵乇丿 丿蹖 丌爻蹖爻 亘丕 丕蹖賳 丕賲蹖賱 禺賵卮賲 丌賲丿 賵 賳賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳賲 亘賴 讴爻蹖 倬蹖卮賳賴丕丿卮 賳丿賴賲.
賳丕诏賮鬲賴 賳賲丕賳丿 讴賴 丨爻 賵 丨丕賱 夭賳丕賳賴 乇丕 賴賲 禺賵亘 賳卮丕賳 丿丕丿賴 賵 亘爻蹖丕乇蹖 丕夭 丕馗賴丕乇 賳馗乇賴丕 讴賱丕 丿乇 丨賵夭賴 毓賲賵賲蹖 乇賮鬲丕乇 丕賳爻丕賳蹖 丕爻鬲.
鬲乇噩賲赖
賲鬲乇噩賲 丕孬乇 毓亘丿丕賱賱賴 讴賵孬乇蹖 丕爻鬲. 趩蹖夭 丿蹖诏乇蹖 賱丕夭賲 丕爻鬲責
禺賱丕氐
胤賳丕夭貙 乇賵丕賳貙 丌诏丕賴貙 禺賵丿丌诏丕賴 賵 禺賵丿丌诏丕賴
趩賳丿 乇賵夭蹖 讴賴 鬲賵 禺賵賳賴 鬲賳賴丕 亘賵丿賲 賯氐丿 讴乇丿賲 亘丕 丌爻丕蹖卮 讴鬲丕亘 亘禺賵賳賲. 卮亘 丕賵賱 鬲丕 讴鬲丕亘 丨丕囟乇 乇賵 亘丕夭 讴乇丿賲 氐丿丕蹖 鬲丕賲 鬲丕賲 賲賵爻蹖賯蹖 丕夭 賱丕蹖 丿蹖賵丕乇賴丕蹖 馗乇蹖賮 丌倬丕乇鬲賲丕賳 亘睾賱蹖 丨賵丕爻賲 乇賵 倬乇鬲 讴乇丿. 賲賳 讴賱丕 賲卮讴賱 鬲賲乇讴夭 丿丕乇賲. 丿乇 賳鬲蹖噩賴 乇丕賵蹖賽 氐賮丨丕鬲 丕亘鬲丿丕蹖蹖 讴鬲丕亘 乇賵 蹖丕丿賲 賳蹖爻鬲 讴蹖 亘賵丿: 亘丕乇丕爻 讴賵亘丕爻賽 賲乇丿賴 亘賵丿 蹖丕 爻丕爻蹖 賲丕賳讴賳 蹖丕 亘賴賳丕賲 亘丕賳蹖 蹖丕 蹖讴 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 噩丿蹖丿 鬲乇讴蹖 讴賴 丕爻賲卮 乇賵 賳賲蹖鈥屫堎嗀池�. 賴賲爻丕蹖賴 诏賵蹖丕 賲賴賲丕賳蹖 丿丕卮鬲 賵 诏賱賴 亘賴 诏賱賴 氐丿丕蹖 噩蹖睾 賵 丿爻鬲 賵 賴賵乇丕蹖蹖 賴賲 賵爻胤 氐賮丨丕鬲 讴鬲丕亘 賲蹖鈥屭┴ж簇嗀�. 亘賴 氐乇丕賮鬲 丕丿丕賲賴鈥屰� 讴鬲丕亘 丕賮鬲丕丿賲貙 倬乇 爻讴鬲賴. 賲孬賱 賵賯鬲賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 賲蹖禺賵丕蹖 亘禺賵丕亘蹖 賵賱蹖 賮讴乇賴丕蹖 噩賵乇 賵丕噩賵乇 賳賲蹖匕丕乇賴. 氐丨賳賴 蹖 亘毓丿: 丿賵 爻丕毓鬲 诏匕卮鬲 爻乇丕夭 讴鬲丕亘 亘乇丿丕卮鬲賲. 丿蹖丿賲 噩卮賳 賵 倬丕蹖讴賵亘蹖 賴賲爻丕蹖賴 賴賲趩賳丕賳 亘丕 賯丿乇鬲 丕丿丕賲賴 丿丕乇丿. 丕賲丕 賲賳 丿賵 爻丕毓鬲 诏匕卮鬲賴 乇丕 鬲賳賴丕 亘丕 亘丕乇丕爻 讴賵亘丕爻 噩蹖睾 讴卮蹖丿賲 賵 丿爻鬲 賵賴賵乇丕 乇賵丕賳賴 讴乇丿賲. 2-3 爻丕毓鬲 乇賵 亘丕 賴賵卮蹖丕乇蹖 禺賵丕亘蹖丿賲. 禺爻鬲诏蹖 丿乇 讴乇丿賲.
乇卅丕賱蹖爻賲 乇賵丕賳卮賳丕禺鬲蹖
賲蹖 诏賵蹖賳丿 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 蹖讴 賳賲賵賳賴 丕夭 乇卅丕賱蹖爻賲 乇賵丕賳卮賳丕禺鬲蹖 丕爻鬲. 賱丕 亘賴 賱丕蹖 丕賵乇丕賯 讴鬲丕亘 丕夭 丿爻鬲 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 毓氐亘丕賳蹖 賲蹖鈥屫簇�. 亘丕 禺賵丿賲 賲蹖鈥屭佖�: "丕蹖賳 丿賴賳 爻乇賵蹖爻 趩賯丿乇 禺賵亘 丕賮讴丕乇 賵 丕丨爻丕爻丕鬲蹖 讴賴 丿乇 倬爻 賵 倬爻鬲賵賴丕蹖 匕賴賳賲 賴賲蹖卮賴 倬賳賴丕賳卮 讴乇丿賲 乇賵 賲蹖丿賵賳賴." 丨鬲蹖 乇蹖卮賴鈥屰� 丕賮讴丕乇賲丕賳 乇丕 亘蹖乇賵賳 賲蹖鈥屭┴簇� 賵 賳卮丕賳 賲蹖鈥屫囏�.
乇丕賵蹖 蹖讴 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 蹖 賲購乇丿賴 丕爻鬲 讴賴 禺丕胤乇丕鬲卮 乇丕 倬爻 丕夭 賲乇诏 乇賵丕蹖鬲 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀�. 賮氐賱鈥屬囏� 讴賵鬲丕賴賳丿 賵 爻乇卮丕乇 丕夭 爻乇禺賵卮蹖 賵 胤賳丕夭蹖. 丿乇 丨丿 蹖讴蹖 丿賵 氐賮丨賴. 賲丕噩乇丕賴丕貙 賲丕噩乇丕賴丕蹖 賲毓賲賵賱鈥屫з嗀�. 丕賲丕 亘乇禺賵乇丿 乇丕賵蹖 亘丕 賲丕噩乇丕賴丕蹖 毓丕丿蹖 丕蹖賳 乇賲丕賳 乇丕 禺丕氐 讴乇丿賴.
亘丕 丕蹖賳讴賴 亘爻蹖丕乇蹖 丕夭 賲丕噩乇丕賴丕蹖 讴鬲丕亘 毓丕卮賯丕賳賴鈥� 賵 鬲讴乇丕乇蹖鈥屫з嗀� 丕賲丕 賴蹖趩 诏丕賴 亘賴 丿丕賲 乇賵賲丕賳鬲蹖爻賲 賳賲蹖鈥屫з佖�. 丕夭 丌賳 賳丕賱賴 賵 丕爻鬲睾丕孬賴鈥屬囏й� 毓丕卮賯丕賳 丿賱卮讴爻鬲賴鈥屬囏� 禺亘乇蹖 賳蹖爻鬲. 丿乇 賲乇诏 毓夭蹖夭丕賳卮 賲賵蹖賴鈥屫й� 丌乇丕賲 賵 亘丕 賵賯丕乇 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 賵 賲蹖鈥屭柏必�. 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 賲蹖鈥屫з嗀� 讴賴 亘丕蹖丿 爻乇蹖毓 亘诏匕乇丿. 賲丕噩乇丕 倬卮鬲 賲丕噩乇丕 禺賱賯 賲蹖鈥屫促堌�. 倬卮鬲 賴乇 乇賵丕蹖鬲蹖 鬲丨賱蹖賱鈥屬囏й� 毓賲蹖賯 乇賮鬲丕乇蹖 丕爻鬲. 乇丕賵蹖 亘丕 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 乇賵乇丕爻鬲 丕爻鬲. 卮賲丕 丕蹖賳 氐丿丕賯鬲 乇丕 丨爻 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗃屫�. 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 乇丕 丿乇 蹖讴 賮氐賱 亘丕 氐乇丕丨鬲卮 毓氐亘丕賳蹖 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀�. 賮氐賱 亘毓丿 毓匕乇 賲蹖鈥屫堌з囏�. 丨鬲丕 诏丕賴蹖 亘丕 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 诏賱丕賵蹖夭 賴賲 賲蹖鈥屫促堌�.
诏丕賴蹖 讴賴 蹖讴 賮氐賱 讴賲蹖 禺爻鬲賴 讴賳賳丿賴 賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 丿乇 賮氐賱 亘毓丿 丕蹖賳 賳讴鬲賴 乇丕 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 诏賵蹖丕 禺賵丿卮 賴賲 丿乇讴 讴乇丿賴 賵 蹖丕丿丌賵乇 賲蹖鈥屫促堌�. 賲孬賱丕 噩丕蹖蹖 丕夭 禺爻鬲賴 讴賳賳丿賴 亘賵丿賳 蹖讴 賮氐賱 毓匕乇 賲蹖鈥屫堌з囏� 賵 丕夭 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 氐亘乇 胤賱亘 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀�. 丿乇 賮氐賱蹖 鬲氐賲蹖賲 賲蹖诏蹖乇丿 爻蹖乇 乇賵丕蹖鬲 乇丕 爻乇毓鬲 亘禺卮丿 賵 丕蹖賳 賲賵囟賵毓 乇丕 亘丕 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 丿乇 賲蹖丕賳 賲蹖鈥屭柏ж必�. 丨鬲丕 丿乇 丕賳鬲賴丕蹖 蹖讴 賮氐賱 丕夭 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 丿乇禺賵丕爻鬲 賲蹖讴賳丿 丿乇 賮氐賱 賯亘賱 蹖讴 讴賱賲賴 乇丕 丕囟丕賮賴 讴賳賳丿貙 賵 丕夭 丕蹖賳 丿爻鬲 亘丕夭蹖诏賵卮蹖鈥屬囏й� 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴. 丕賲丕 丿乇 丕賳鬲賴丕 丨爻 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗃屫� 趩賯丿乇 丿蹖 丌爻蹖爻 賲爻賱胤 亘賴 禺賵丿 賵 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 丕爻鬲. 賴賲蹖賳 賲賵囟賵毓 乇賵丕蹖鬲 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 乇丕 噩丕賳丿丕乇 賵 噩匕丕亘 讴乇丿賴.
乇賵丕賳 賲乇丿丕賳賴
丌賳趩賴 丿乇 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賲賲鬲丕夭 丕爻鬲貙 丌诏丕賴蹖 毓賲賵賲蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 亘賴 丨丕賱 賵 賴賵丕蹖 賲乇丿丕賳賴 (賵 诏丕賴蹖 毓賲賵賲丕 丕賳爻丕賳蹖) 丿丕乇丿. 乇丕賵蹖 亘賴 夭賳丕賳 毓賱丕賯賴 賲賳丿 賲蹖鈥屫促堌�. 丕賲丕 賲蹖鈥屫з嗀� 讴賴 亘賴 趩賴 趩蹖夭蹖 毓賱丕賯賴 丿丕卮鬲賴 丕爻鬲. 趩賵賳 丨丕賱丕 賲購乇丿賴 賵 诏匕卮鬲賴 乇丕 禺賵亘 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 賲蹖 丌賵乇丿. 賮丕乇睾 丕夭 亘賳丿 賵 夭賳噩蹖乇賴丕蹖 丿賳蹖丕蹖蹖.
丕诏乇 毓賱丕賯賴 丕卮 噩賳爻蹖 丕爻鬲 亘蹖丕賳卮 賲蹖讴賳丿. 丕诏乇 毓賱丕賯賴 亘賴 氐乇賮 乇賴丕蹖蹖 丕夭 鬲賳賴丕蹖蹖 丕爻鬲. 噩匕丕亘蹖鬲 賲毓氐賵賲丕賳賴 乇丕 丨爻 賲蹖讴賳丿 亘丕 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 丿乇 賲蹖丕賳 賲蹖鈥屭柏ж必�.
丕賲蹖丕賱蹖 賲孬賱 賲蹖賱 亘賴 賯丿乇鬲貙 賳蹖讴賵讴丕乇蹖貙 丕賳鬲賯丕賲貙 丨爻丕丿鬲 賵 睾蹖乇賴 乇丕 禺蹖賱蹖 乇讴 賵 乇丕爻鬲 丕乇丕卅賴 賲蹖鈥屫囏�. 丕夭 賳丨賵賴 蹖 亘乇禺賵乇丿 丿蹖 丌爻蹖爻 亘丕 丕蹖賳 丕賲蹖賱 禺賵卮賲 丌賲丿 賵 賳賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳賲 亘賴 讴爻蹖 倬蹖卮賳賴丕丿卮 賳丿賴賲.
賳丕诏賮鬲賴 賳賲丕賳丿 讴賴 丨爻 賵 丨丕賱 夭賳丕賳賴 乇丕 賴賲 禺賵亘 賳卮丕賳 丿丕丿賴 賵 亘爻蹖丕乇蹖 丕夭 丕馗賴丕乇 賳馗乇賴丕 讴賱丕 丿乇 丨賵夭賴 毓賲賵賲蹖 乇賮鬲丕乇 丕賳爻丕賳蹖 丕爻鬲.
鬲乇噩賲赖
賲鬲乇噩賲 丕孬乇 毓亘丿丕賱賱賴 讴賵孬乇蹖 丕爻鬲. 趩蹖夭 丿蹖诏乇蹖 賱丕夭賲 丕爻鬲責
禺賱丕氐
July 15, 2023
In the Foreword to The Posthumous Memoirs of Br谩s Cubas, Dave Eggers writes:
"Wit leaps centuries and hemispheres. It does not collect dust, and, when done right, it does not age. You are holding one of the wittiest, most playful, and therefore most alive and ageless books ever written. It is a love story鈥攎any love stories, really鈥攁nd it's a comedy of class and manners and ego, and it's a reflection on a nation and a time, and an unflinching look at mortality, and all the while it's an intimate and ecstatic exploration of storytelling itself. It is a glittering masterwork and an unmitigated joy to read."
An overexuberant summary of a book that can only be described as overexuberant in its own storytelling.
The basic setup is that Br谩s Cubas is dead and has written his memoirs from the grave. Since he is dead, he can give a brutally unvarnished account of his life and the society in which he lived.
The book consists of over 150 very short chapters. The narrator repeatedly breaks the fourth wall, directly addressing the reader with humorous and often self-deprecating remarks. The lighthearted humor is offset by a pervasive sense of sadness and emptiness throughout the book.
This is essentially a post-modern tragicomedy written a century head of its time (1881). Some of the techniques employed by the author include:
1. A chapter called "Uselessness" that consists only of a single sentence: "But, either I am very much mistaken, or I have just written a useless chapter."
2. A chapter meant to be inserted between the first two sentences of the previous chapter, as an edit to that chapter.
3. A chapter consisting only of ellipses.
4. A chapter written as the script for a play, but where all the dialogue has been replaced by ellipses.
That should give you a representative sampling of the humor that you will find in this book. It's funny and definitely well ahead of its time. However, I found that the repetitive style of humor wore thin over the course of the novel.
The story itself is nothing special. It's a fairly typical love story and social criticism told by an overly self-conscious narrator. The novelty of the The Posthumous Memoirs of Br谩s Cubas is not in the story, but rather in the inventiveness and playfulness of its form.
Overall rating = 4 stars. (5 stars for creativity, 3 stars for the story.)
"Wit leaps centuries and hemispheres. It does not collect dust, and, when done right, it does not age. You are holding one of the wittiest, most playful, and therefore most alive and ageless books ever written. It is a love story鈥攎any love stories, really鈥攁nd it's a comedy of class and manners and ego, and it's a reflection on a nation and a time, and an unflinching look at mortality, and all the while it's an intimate and ecstatic exploration of storytelling itself. It is a glittering masterwork and an unmitigated joy to read."
An overexuberant summary of a book that can only be described as overexuberant in its own storytelling.
The basic setup is that Br谩s Cubas is dead and has written his memoirs from the grave. Since he is dead, he can give a brutally unvarnished account of his life and the society in which he lived.
The book consists of over 150 very short chapters. The narrator repeatedly breaks the fourth wall, directly addressing the reader with humorous and often self-deprecating remarks. The lighthearted humor is offset by a pervasive sense of sadness and emptiness throughout the book.
This is essentially a post-modern tragicomedy written a century head of its time (1881). Some of the techniques employed by the author include:
1. A chapter called "Uselessness" that consists only of a single sentence: "But, either I am very much mistaken, or I have just written a useless chapter."
2. A chapter meant to be inserted between the first two sentences of the previous chapter, as an edit to that chapter.
3. A chapter consisting only of ellipses.
4. A chapter written as the script for a play, but where all the dialogue has been replaced by ellipses.
That should give you a representative sampling of the humor that you will find in this book. It's funny and definitely well ahead of its time. However, I found that the repetitive style of humor wore thin over the course of the novel.
The story itself is nothing special. It's a fairly typical love story and social criticism told by an overly self-conscious narrator. The novelty of the The Posthumous Memoirs of Br谩s Cubas is not in the story, but rather in the inventiveness and playfulness of its form.
Overall rating = 4 stars. (5 stars for creativity, 3 stars for the story.)
July 19, 2023
10th book from my reading challenge with Ted.
# 19 - Read a book set in South America.
I had this on the list for a few years, but finally decided to pick it up a couple of weeks ago. I have done almost no research on Machado de Assis, but random articles and videos here and there have conveyed how important he is to Brazil, Brazilian literature, and the South American literary landscape in general. All I knew about the book was that it was being narrated/written by an already dead protagonist. Said protagonist, Br谩s Cubas, is clearly a funny man (was?) 鈥� I didn鈥檛 laugh out loud or chuckle much, but I was amused at how he was able to put his entire life into perspective. For me, that鈥檚 the strength of the book. You are seeing life in hindsight, so you (as the narrator) can say whatever there is to say about it. You can say all that there is to say about it, without fearing judgment.
Once I finished the book, I was slightly conflicted. This droll brand of presenting information didn鈥檛 sit so well with me. I let it sit a couple of days, thinking about what that feeling was. I think I have somewhat of an idea now. The book is experimental, metaphysical, culturally sensitive, self-aware, and most importantly, deeply existential. I was uncomfortable, because I had never had existential matter presented to me in such a 鈥渇rivolous鈥� manner. I was used to the pomp associated with (and I refer to this work often, I know) The Magic Mountain, or the gravity of Buzzati, or perhaps even the thought-provoking structure of the works of Borges. This was not that. Short chapters, some one or two sentences at most. Some without words. What you鈥檙e left with is the portrait of a life, exactly and precisely as it was. The narrator can look back and see his decisions in hindsight, understanding them backward, after having lived his life forward. As a result, it鈥檚 interesting to see what he focuses on. Entire portions are cut out because he now knows that they were insignificant. What is significant, then? Exactly what you would assume. Moments of love. This is a great shoulder shrug of a book.
# 19 - Read a book set in South America.
I had this on the list for a few years, but finally decided to pick it up a couple of weeks ago. I have done almost no research on Machado de Assis, but random articles and videos here and there have conveyed how important he is to Brazil, Brazilian literature, and the South American literary landscape in general. All I knew about the book was that it was being narrated/written by an already dead protagonist. Said protagonist, Br谩s Cubas, is clearly a funny man (was?) 鈥� I didn鈥檛 laugh out loud or chuckle much, but I was amused at how he was able to put his entire life into perspective. For me, that鈥檚 the strength of the book. You are seeing life in hindsight, so you (as the narrator) can say whatever there is to say about it. You can say all that there is to say about it, without fearing judgment.
Once I finished the book, I was slightly conflicted. This droll brand of presenting information didn鈥檛 sit so well with me. I let it sit a couple of days, thinking about what that feeling was. I think I have somewhat of an idea now. The book is experimental, metaphysical, culturally sensitive, self-aware, and most importantly, deeply existential. I was uncomfortable, because I had never had existential matter presented to me in such a 鈥渇rivolous鈥� manner. I was used to the pomp associated with (and I refer to this work often, I know) The Magic Mountain, or the gravity of Buzzati, or perhaps even the thought-provoking structure of the works of Borges. This was not that. Short chapters, some one or two sentences at most. Some without words. What you鈥檙e left with is the portrait of a life, exactly and precisely as it was. The narrator can look back and see his decisions in hindsight, understanding them backward, after having lived his life forward. As a result, it鈥檚 interesting to see what he focuses on. Entire portions are cut out because he now knows that they were insignificant. What is significant, then? Exactly what you would assume. Moments of love. This is a great shoulder shrug of a book.
January 4, 2022
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賲丕卮丕丿賵 丿 丌爻蹖爻 亘丕 丕蹖賳 鬲賲賴蹖丿 賴卮蹖丕乇丕賳賴 賵 亘蹖鈥屬呚з嗁嗀� 乇丕賵蹖 丕蹖賳 夭賳丿诏蹖鈥屬嗀з呝� 乇丕 丌夭丕丿 賲蹖鈥屭柏ж必� 鬲丕 賮丕乇睾 丕夭 丿睾丿睾賴鈥屬囏й� 丌丿賲蹖 夭賳丿賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 禺賵丿 乇丕 乇賵丕蹖鬲 讴賳丿 賵 乇賵丕蹖鬲 丕蹖賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 賮乇氐鬲蹖 賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 鬲丕 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 鬲蹖夭亘蹖賳 賵 賲鬲賮讴乇 亘丕 夭亘丕賳蹖 丌賲蹖禺鬲賴 亘賴 胤賳夭蹖 卮讴丕讴丕賳賴 夭蹖乇 賵 亘賲 賵噩賵丿 丌丿賲蹖 毓賵丕胤賮 賵 賴蹖噩丕賳丕鬲 亘賱賳丿倬乇賵丕夭蹖鈥屬囏� 賵 卮讴爻鬲鈥屬囏� 賵 倬蹖乇賵夭蹖鈥屬囏й� 丕賵 乇丕 丕夭 讴賵丿讴蹖 鬲丕 丿賲 賲乇诏 倬蹖卮 乇賵蹖 賲丕 亘诏匕丕乇丿 賵 倬乇爻卮鈥屬囏й屰� 賳丕诏夭蹖乇 乇丕 丿乇 匕賴賳賲丕賳 亘蹖丿丕乇 讴賳丿.
賲鬲賳 倬卮鬲 噩賱丿 讴鬲丕亘
賲丕卮丕丿賵 丿 丌爻蹖爻 亘丕 丕蹖賳 鬲賲賴蹖丿 賴卮蹖丕乇丕賳賴 賵 亘蹖鈥屬呚з嗁嗀� 乇丕賵蹖 丕蹖賳 夭賳丿诏蹖鈥屬嗀з呝� 乇丕 丌夭丕丿 賲蹖鈥屭柏ж必� 鬲丕 賮丕乇睾 丕夭 丿睾丿睾賴鈥屬囏й� 丌丿賲蹖 夭賳丿賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 禺賵丿 乇丕 乇賵丕蹖鬲 讴賳丿 賵 乇賵丕蹖鬲 丕蹖賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 賮乇氐鬲蹖 賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 鬲丕 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 鬲蹖夭亘蹖賳 賵 賲鬲賮讴乇 亘丕 夭亘丕賳蹖 丌賲蹖禺鬲賴 亘賴 胤賳夭蹖 卮讴丕讴丕賳賴 夭蹖乇 賵 亘賲 賵噩賵丿 丌丿賲蹖 毓賵丕胤賮 賵 賴蹖噩丕賳丕鬲 亘賱賳丿倬乇賵丕夭蹖鈥屬囏� 賵 卮讴爻鬲鈥屬囏� 賵 倬蹖乇賵夭蹖鈥屬囏й� 丕賵 乇丕 丕夭 讴賵丿讴蹖 鬲丕 丿賲 賲乇诏 倬蹖卮 乇賵蹖 賲丕 亘诏匕丕乇丿 賵 倬乇爻卮鈥屬囏й屰� 賳丕诏夭蹖乇 乇丕 丿乇 匕賴賳賲丕賳 亘蹖丿丕乇 讴賳丿.
賲鬲賳 倬卮鬲 噩賱丿 讴鬲丕亘
July 27, 2020
This is a novel lost in time.
I can hardly believe it was written 140 years ago. Were it not for the occasional mention of slaves and references to outmoded technology like stagecoaches, I would be none the wiser鈥攊n fact, with those still intact, I鈥檇 probably be more likely to believe this to be a popular historical fiction novel written in 2015 which the London Review of Books would have called 鈥渁 work of brilliant tragicomedy鈥� or somesuch. But no, Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis delivers this gem to us from 1881, and somehow, somehow, it has not, in all the intervening years, taken the world by storm.
As for what this book is, well it鈥檚 all in the title really. Well, the original title鈥�Mem贸rias P贸stumas de Br谩s Cubas, which ought to be translated to The Posthumous Memoirs of Br谩s Cubas and not, as it appears inexplicably on the cover of my copy and many others, Epitaph of a Small Winner. So yes, this is a posthumous memoir, that is, Sr. Cubas is dictating it from beyond the grave (using a method, he tells us, that would take far too much time to explain but he can assure us is very interesting). With this otherworldly insight, he reflects frankly upon the events of his life and death and uses them to occasionally expound upon his philosophies on conscience, melancholy, avarice, love, and many other facets of the human condition.
I suspect the structure of the book has a lot to do with its sense of innovation and timelessness. It鈥檚 told in many short chapters, some a few pages long and some just a paragraph or a few sentences, all numbered and titled, every thought and aside compartmentalised instead of being woven into the larger text as is the case with most novels. And have I mentioned how incredibly creative this book is? There鈥檚 a chapter titled simply 鈥�...鈥�. Cubas often refers to other chapters or comments upon the book itself, redactions he intends to make or things he has decided not to describe further; in one episode he even imagines a book collector stumbling upon a first edition copy of this obscure volume, The Posthumous Memoirs of Br谩s Cubas. If you need further proof of Machado de Assis鈥� humour and creativity, when you inevitably buy this book for yourself, just find the chapter titled 鈥淰enerable Dialogue of Adam & Eve鈥�.
And Cubas himself is as charming a narrator as they come. His voice is supremely engaging; I felt more involved with the reading of this book than with perhaps any other. He interrupts himself, censors himself, undermines his own philosophising, anticipates your reactions, proactively answers your questions, edits the book as he goes, forgets the point he was trying to make, gets distracted or annoyed or drawn into a philosophical mire... and you can鈥檛 help but love every second you spend tagging along behind him, helpless in his narrative caprice. He feels much more intimately connected to the reader than any other narrator I鈥檝e experienced, and I wonder if this is the secret to the book鈥檚 timelessness: Br谩s Cubas鈥� humanity and eccentricity which positively pours from every page, reminding us that, whether in 1881 or 2020, people haven鈥檛 really changed.
I highly, highly recommend this novel and I feel absolutely shocked that nobody has recommended it to me or made me read it in school鈥擨 had to discover this on my own, in a bargain bin at a secondhand shop? For shame. This title should be at least as well known as The Scarlet Letter, which is about a thousand times more ghastly and impenetrable and just flat-out terrible, and was only published thirty years prior to this if you can believe it; so Hawthorne really had no excuse to be so deadly dull. The only thing keeping me from giving these posthumous memoirs five stars is that I felt the conclusion was a bit abrupt鈥攂ut that may well be a reflection of my selfish desire for this book to go on and on.
I can hardly believe it was written 140 years ago. Were it not for the occasional mention of slaves and references to outmoded technology like stagecoaches, I would be none the wiser鈥攊n fact, with those still intact, I鈥檇 probably be more likely to believe this to be a popular historical fiction novel written in 2015 which the London Review of Books would have called 鈥渁 work of brilliant tragicomedy鈥� or somesuch. But no, Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis delivers this gem to us from 1881, and somehow, somehow, it has not, in all the intervening years, taken the world by storm.
As for what this book is, well it鈥檚 all in the title really. Well, the original title鈥�Mem贸rias P贸stumas de Br谩s Cubas, which ought to be translated to The Posthumous Memoirs of Br谩s Cubas and not, as it appears inexplicably on the cover of my copy and many others, Epitaph of a Small Winner. So yes, this is a posthumous memoir, that is, Sr. Cubas is dictating it from beyond the grave (using a method, he tells us, that would take far too much time to explain but he can assure us is very interesting). With this otherworldly insight, he reflects frankly upon the events of his life and death and uses them to occasionally expound upon his philosophies on conscience, melancholy, avarice, love, and many other facets of the human condition.
I suspect the structure of the book has a lot to do with its sense of innovation and timelessness. It鈥檚 told in many short chapters, some a few pages long and some just a paragraph or a few sentences, all numbered and titled, every thought and aside compartmentalised instead of being woven into the larger text as is the case with most novels. And have I mentioned how incredibly creative this book is? There鈥檚 a chapter titled simply 鈥�...鈥�. Cubas often refers to other chapters or comments upon the book itself, redactions he intends to make or things he has decided not to describe further; in one episode he even imagines a book collector stumbling upon a first edition copy of this obscure volume, The Posthumous Memoirs of Br谩s Cubas. If you need further proof of Machado de Assis鈥� humour and creativity, when you inevitably buy this book for yourself, just find the chapter titled 鈥淰enerable Dialogue of Adam & Eve鈥�.
And Cubas himself is as charming a narrator as they come. His voice is supremely engaging; I felt more involved with the reading of this book than with perhaps any other. He interrupts himself, censors himself, undermines his own philosophising, anticipates your reactions, proactively answers your questions, edits the book as he goes, forgets the point he was trying to make, gets distracted or annoyed or drawn into a philosophical mire... and you can鈥檛 help but love every second you spend tagging along behind him, helpless in his narrative caprice. He feels much more intimately connected to the reader than any other narrator I鈥檝e experienced, and I wonder if this is the secret to the book鈥檚 timelessness: Br谩s Cubas鈥� humanity and eccentricity which positively pours from every page, reminding us that, whether in 1881 or 2020, people haven鈥檛 really changed.
I highly, highly recommend this novel and I feel absolutely shocked that nobody has recommended it to me or made me read it in school鈥擨 had to discover this on my own, in a bargain bin at a secondhand shop? For shame. This title should be at least as well known as The Scarlet Letter, which is about a thousand times more ghastly and impenetrable and just flat-out terrible, and was only published thirty years prior to this if you can believe it; so Hawthorne really had no excuse to be so deadly dull. The only thing keeping me from giving these posthumous memoirs five stars is that I felt the conclusion was a bit abrupt鈥攂ut that may well be a reflection of my selfish desire for this book to go on and on.
October 29, 2020
卮丕蹖丿 亘鬲賵丕賳 鬲賳賴丕 丕蹖乇丕丿 讴鬲丕亘 禺丕胤乇丕鬲 倬爻 丕夭 賲乇诏 亘乇丕爻 讴賵亘丕爻 賳賵卮鬲賴 賲丕卮丕丿賵 丌爻蹖爻 乇丕 丿乇 爻亘讴 賳爻亘鬲丕 鬲讴乇丕乇蹖 賵 賮乇賲 賵 賲丨鬲賵丕蹖 丌賳 丿丕賳爻鬲 . 賯爻賲鬲 丕氐賱蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賵 爻亘讴 乇賵丕蹖鬲 丌賳 賵 賴賲趩賳蹖賳 賵蹖跇诏蹖賴丕蹖 卮禺氐蹖鬲 賴丕蹖 丕氐賱蹖 讴鬲丕亘 丕夭 噩賲賱賴 卮亘丕賴鬲賴丕蹖 鬲賯乇蹖亘丕 丌卮讴丕乇 禺丕胤乇丕鬲 倬爻 丕夭 賲乇诏 亘丕 丕孬乇 丿蹖诏乇 丕爻鬲丕丿 丿購賳 讴丕爻賲賵乇賵 賲蹖 亘丕卮丿 讴賴 賲賲讴賳 丕爻鬲 亘乇丕蹖 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 讴賲蹖 鬲讴乇丕乇蹖 賵 禺爻鬲賴 讴賳賳丿賴 亘賴 賳馗乇 亘乇爻丿 .
丕蹖丿賴 丕氐賱蹖 讴鬲丕亘 亘爻蹖丕乇 丿乇禺卮丕賳 賵 讴賲 賳馗蹖乇 丕爻鬲 貙 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 賮賯蹖丿 夭賲丕賳蹖 卮乇賵毓 亘賴 賳賵卮鬲賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賲蹖 讴賳丿 讴賴 賲購乇丿賴 丕爻鬲 貙 丕賵 讴賴 丿乇 毓丕賱賲 夭賳丿賴 诏丕賳 賳蹖爻鬲 亘賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 亘丕 倬賵夭禺賳丿 賲蹖 賳诏乇丿 賵 賳诏丕賴 胤賳夭丌賱賵丿 丕賵 賴賲賴 噩丕 賲卮賴賵丿 丕爻鬲 .
賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 亘丕 賲噩賲賵毓賴 丕蹖 丕夭 賮氐賱賴丕蹖 讴賵鬲丕賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 乇丕 亘賴 诏賵賳賴 丕蹖 賴賲 賲乇鬲亘胤 爻丕禺鬲賴 讴賴 乇賵丕蹖鬲蹖 讴賴 丿乇 丕亘鬲丿丕 賲賲讴賳 丕爻鬲 毓丕丿蹖 賵 倬蹖卮 倬丕 丕賮鬲丕丿賴 亘賴 賳馗乇 亘乇爻丿 亘賴 丨讴丕蹖鬲蹖 倬乇讴卮卮 賵 噩匕丕亘 丕賲丕 賳賴 趩賳丿丕賳 賮賵賯 丕賱毓丕丿賴 亘乇丕蹖 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 鬲亘丿蹖賱 賲蹖 卮賵丿 貙 亘丕 賳诏丕賴蹖 亘賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 賵 賲乇诏 讴賴 賲卮禺氐 賳蹖爻鬲 讴丿丕賲 蹖讴 亘乇 丿蹖诏乇蹖 鬲賯丿賲 丿丕乇丿 鬲丕 噩丕蹖蹖 讴賴 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 賲乇诏 乇丕 讴賮丕乇賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 讴乇丿賳 賲蹖 丿丕賳丿 !
丕賲丕 丿乇 倬丕蹖丕賳 賵 亘丕 丿乇 賳馗乇 诏乇賮鬲賳 鬲賮丕賵鬲 賮乇賲 賵 爻丕禺鬲丕乇 貙 亘乇丕蹖 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 丕蹖 賲丕賳賳丿 賲賳 賲賲讴賳 丕爻鬲 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賲毓賲賵賱蹖 讴鬲丕亘 亘蹖卮鬲乇 亘賴 蹖丕丿 亘賲丕賳丿 鬲丕 賮乇賲 賵 爻丕禺鬲丕乇 賲鬲賮丕賵鬲 丌賳 .
丕蹖丿賴 丕氐賱蹖 讴鬲丕亘 亘爻蹖丕乇 丿乇禺卮丕賳 賵 讴賲 賳馗蹖乇 丕爻鬲 貙 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 賮賯蹖丿 夭賲丕賳蹖 卮乇賵毓 亘賴 賳賵卮鬲賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賲蹖 讴賳丿 讴賴 賲購乇丿賴 丕爻鬲 貙 丕賵 讴賴 丿乇 毓丕賱賲 夭賳丿賴 诏丕賳 賳蹖爻鬲 亘賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 亘丕 倬賵夭禺賳丿 賲蹖 賳诏乇丿 賵 賳诏丕賴 胤賳夭丌賱賵丿 丕賵 賴賲賴 噩丕 賲卮賴賵丿 丕爻鬲 .
賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 亘丕 賲噩賲賵毓賴 丕蹖 丕夭 賮氐賱賴丕蹖 讴賵鬲丕賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 乇丕 亘賴 诏賵賳賴 丕蹖 賴賲 賲乇鬲亘胤 爻丕禺鬲賴 讴賴 乇賵丕蹖鬲蹖 讴賴 丿乇 丕亘鬲丿丕 賲賲讴賳 丕爻鬲 毓丕丿蹖 賵 倬蹖卮 倬丕 丕賮鬲丕丿賴 亘賴 賳馗乇 亘乇爻丿 亘賴 丨讴丕蹖鬲蹖 倬乇讴卮卮 賵 噩匕丕亘 丕賲丕 賳賴 趩賳丿丕賳 賮賵賯 丕賱毓丕丿賴 亘乇丕蹖 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 鬲亘丿蹖賱 賲蹖 卮賵丿 貙 亘丕 賳诏丕賴蹖 亘賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 賵 賲乇诏 讴賴 賲卮禺氐 賳蹖爻鬲 讴丿丕賲 蹖讴 亘乇 丿蹖诏乇蹖 鬲賯丿賲 丿丕乇丿 鬲丕 噩丕蹖蹖 讴賴 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 賲乇诏 乇丕 讴賮丕乇賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 讴乇丿賳 賲蹖 丿丕賳丿 !
丕賲丕 丿乇 倬丕蹖丕賳 賵 亘丕 丿乇 賳馗乇 诏乇賮鬲賳 鬲賮丕賵鬲 賮乇賲 賵 爻丕禺鬲丕乇 貙 亘乇丕蹖 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 丕蹖 賲丕賳賳丿 賲賳 賲賲讴賳 丕爻鬲 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賲毓賲賵賱蹖 讴鬲丕亘 亘蹖卮鬲乇 亘賴 蹖丕丿 亘賲丕賳丿 鬲丕 賮乇賲 賵 爻丕禺鬲丕乇 賲鬲賮丕賵鬲 丌賳 .
September 13, 2021
Love, and the formality of life鈥�
鈥�.this book never takes itself too seriously鈥�..
It鈥檚 comic-tragedy styling - by a man who died of pneumonia was as positively inventive as any book I鈥檝e read 鈥攚ritten in 1881.
The melancholy of this deceased man - narrator - was sophisticated, persuasive, earnest, humble, compelling, sad & funny鈥︹€�.
a wonderful surprise discovery > grippingly entertaining!
It鈥檚 a little peculiar 鈥�. [not every book can be in vogue]鈥�.. but much was very funny.
The translation was fine for me.
There was crime, romance, successes and failures.
This Brazilian literature鈥as uniquely whimsical and kind of masterfully elegant!
Machado De Assis鈥�..
鈥淕rumbles of pessimism鈥濃€�..
the words of a dead man鈥�
had an interesting unconventional way of thinking. 鈥�.
鈥淭here is really only one misfortune in life: never being born鈥�.
鈥�.this book never takes itself too seriously鈥�..
It鈥檚 comic-tragedy styling - by a man who died of pneumonia was as positively inventive as any book I鈥檝e read 鈥攚ritten in 1881.
The melancholy of this deceased man - narrator - was sophisticated, persuasive, earnest, humble, compelling, sad & funny鈥︹€�.
a wonderful surprise discovery > grippingly entertaining!
It鈥檚 a little peculiar 鈥�. [not every book can be in vogue]鈥�.. but much was very funny.
The translation was fine for me.
There was crime, romance, successes and failures.
This Brazilian literature鈥as uniquely whimsical and kind of masterfully elegant!
Machado De Assis鈥�..
鈥淕rumbles of pessimism鈥濃€�..
the words of a dead man鈥�
had an interesting unconventional way of thinking. 鈥�.
鈥淭here is really only one misfortune in life: never being born鈥�.
October 24, 2022
脡 com alguma bizarrice que Br谩s Cubas faz uma retrospetiva da sua vida a partir do caix茫ozinho em terras do al茅m. Qual espetador bem acomodado na plateia v锚 decorrer no palco o que foi a sua vida terrena. F谩-lo com distanciamento, carrega na ironia e na insol锚ncia para falar do que viveu, particularmente dos amores. Morto que est谩, n茫o tem mais nada a perder; pode ser sincero, pode ser reflexivo, reviver e analisar com uma frieza que n茫o lhe era poss铆vel no decorrer dos acontecimentos. Se por um lado 茅 um narrador que assume os pecadilhos do passado, por outro 茅 esquivo e joga ao gato e ao rato com o leitor, deixa pontas soltas, insinua, e desmente tudo a seguir. Ou simplesmente confessa nada querer confessar.
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