| Esau and Jacob Contributor(s): Machado de Assis, Joaquim Maria (Author), Lowe, Elizabeth (Author), Borges, Dain (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0195108116 ISBN-13: 9780195108118 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $20.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2000 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Literary Criticism | Caribbean & Latin American |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 00036330 |
| Lexile Measure: 990 |
| Series: Library of Latin America (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.46" W x 8.14" (0.76 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |