The Double Death of Quincas Water-Bray

The Double Death of Quincas Water-Bray
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 96
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ISBN-10 : 9781101603543
ISBN-13 : 1101603542
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Book Synopsis The Double Death of Quincas Water-Bray by : Jorge Amado

Download or read book The Double Death of Quincas Water-Bray written by Jorge Amado and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-08-28 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Penguin Classic Widely considered the greatest work by the foremost Brazilian author of the twentieth century, The Double Death of Quincas Water-Bray comes to Penguin Classics in a new translation by the dean of Portuguese-language translators, Gregory Rabassa. It tells the story of Joaquim Soares da Cunha, who drops dead after he abandons his life of upstanding citizenship to assume the identity of Quincas Water-Bray, a “champion drunk” and bum who is whisked along on a postmortem journey that climaxes in his loss at sea. 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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