{"product_id":"9781324095149","title":"Dom Casmurro: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA masterpiece of realism, Machado de Assis's \u003cem\u003eDom Casmurro\u003c\/em\u003e probes the mind of a distrustful husband with delusions of grandeur.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOriginally published in 1899, \u003cem\u003eDom Casmurro\u003c\/em\u003e is widely considered to be Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis's masterpiece and a progenitor of twentieth-century Latin American fiction. This exuberant new translation captures all the hilarious, maddening, and utterly compelling idiosyncrasies of one of Machado's most complex characters.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBento Santiago, our charismatic yet exceedingly unreliable narrator, nicknamed by his enemies Dom Casmurro, has become a bit of a recluse in old age. He spends his days reading and mourning the past in a house built as a replica of his childhood home. One day, musing over the painted busts of Nero, Augustus, Masinissa, and Caesar, he is inspired to write his own story, a tale of equally epic proportions. Or so, at least, he thinks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Yes, let us begin by evoking a famous November afternoon, one I will never forget,\" he writes, recalling the day he fell in love with his childhood sweetheart, Capitu. Thus he transports readers back to his youth in a once fashionable neighborhood, when he and Capitu were neighbors playing innocently in the backyard. But after overcoming many obstacles, Bento's happy-ever-after ending proves short-lived when he is consumed by paranoia and jealousy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt once oblivious and obsessive, Bento becomes a strangely engaging antihero as he mines the repercussions of his suspicions against the backdrop of a rapidly modernizing Rio de Janeiro. Eloquently translated by Margaret Jull Costa and Robin Patterson-the same duo that sparked a Machado renaissance with their brilliant translations of \u003cem\u003eThe Collected Stories\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePosthumous Memoirs of Brás Cuba\u003c\/em\u003es-and brimming with his signature charm, \u003cem\u003eDom Casmurro\u003c\/em\u003e is a subversive and groundbreaking dark comedy from one of Brazil's greatest authors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liveright Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42370818539581,"sku":"9781324095149","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781324095149_p0.jpg?v=1771568672","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.mom\/products\/9781324095149","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}