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Esau and Jacob : a novel

Machado de Assis 1839-1908 (Author). Lowe, Elizabeth, 1947- (Added Author). Borges, Dain Edward. (Added Author).

Summary: Esau and Jacob is the last of Machado de Assis's four great novels. At one level it is the story of twin brothers in love with the same woman and her inability to choose between them. At another level, it is the story of Brazil itself, caught between the traditional and the modern, and between the monarchical and republican ideals. Instead of a heroic biblical fable, Machado de Assis gives us a story of the petty squabbles, conflicting ambitions, doubts, and insecurities that are part of the human condition.

Record details

ISBN: 9780195108101
ISBN: 0195108108
ISBN: 9780195108118
ISBN: 0195108116
ISBN: 6613624888
ISBN: 9786613624888
ISBN: 9781280595059
ISBN: 1280595051
ISBN: 0199761930
ISBN: 9780199761937
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxvi, 276 pages)
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Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2000.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:	Series editors' general introduction -- Foreword / by Dain Borges -- Esau and Jacob / Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis -- Counselor Aires and his moviola : an afterword / by Carlos Felipe Moisés -- Editor's notes / by Dain Borges.
Language Note:	Translated from the Spanish.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.