The Wager: Aires' Journal Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

The Wager: Aires' Journal Book

Set in Rio de Janeiro on the eve of the abolition of slavery in 1888, this tells the poignant story of an elderly diplomat captivated by a beautiful young widow. Imbued with autumnal sadness, it shrewdly and ironically portrays a man coming to terms with the passing of the world he knows, and with his own old age and death. De Assis (1839-1908) displays in his ninth novel the dry wit and measured understanding of human nature that earned him his reputation as Brazil's first major writer."" - Publishers Weekly. ""It is not enough to say that he is an important American novelist; he is one of the masters in either hemisphere."" - NY Times.Read More

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  • 0720607728
  • 9780720607727
  • Machado De Assis
  • 1 March 1990
  • Peter Owen Ltd
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 160
  • First Edition
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