The Wager: Aires' Journal

by Machado De Assis (Author), R.S-.Buccleugh (Translator)

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1990
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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.

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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.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 176
Edition: First British Edition
Publisher: Peter Owen Publishers
Published: 01 Mar 1990
ISBN 10: 0720607728
ISBN 13: 9780720607727

The Wager: Aires' Journal

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