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The Sad End of Policarpo Quaresma
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Publication date
January 27, 2015
Pages
242
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780141395708
ISBN-10
0141395702
Dimensions
0.50 by 5 by 8 in.
Weight
0.45 lbs.
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$18.00
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: A deftly satirical masterpiece about a man and a country caught in a violent clash between sanity and madness
Policarpo Quaresmaâfastidious civil servant, dedicated patriot, self-styled visionaryâis a defender of all things Brazilian, full of schemes to improve his beloved homeland. Yet somehow each of his ventures results in ridicule and disaster. Quixotic and hapless, Quaresmaâs dreams will eventually be his undoing.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Policarpo Quaresmaâfastidious civil servant, dedicated patriot, self-styled visionaryâis a defender of all things Brazilian, full of schemes to improve his beloved homeland. Yet somehow each of his ventures results in ridicule and disaster. Quixotic and hapless, Quaresmaâs dreams will eventually be his undoing.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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Paperback
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With Lima Barreto, Mark Carlyon (other contributor) |
from Penguin Classics (January 27, 2015)
9780141395708 | details & prices | 242 pages | 5.00 × 8.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $18.00
About: A deftly satirical masterpiece about a man and a country caught in a violent clash between sanity and madnessPolicarpo Quaresmaâfastidious civil servant, dedicated patriot, self-styled visionaryâis a defender of all things Brazilian, full of schemes to improve his beloved homeland.
About: A deftly satirical masterpiece about a man and a country caught in a violent clash between sanity and madnessPolicarpo Quaresmaâfastidious civil servant, dedicated patriot, self-styled visionaryâis a defender of all things Brazilian, full of schemes to improve his beloved homeland.
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