Epitaph of a Small Winner
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Epitaph of a Small Winner is an English title for Machado de Assis’s classic Brazilian novel narrated by a dead man reflecting ironically on his life and society.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Machado de Assis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Brazilian ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Brazil ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | serialized ⓘ |
| firstPublicationMedium | Revista Brasileira NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
novel
ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
television adaptations
ⓘ
theatrical adaptations ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Brás Cubas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lobo Neves NERFINISHED ⓘ Marcela NERFINISHED ⓘ Quincas Borba NERFINISHED ⓘ Virgília NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTranslation |
Epitaph of a Small Winner
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas NERFINISHED ⓘ The Posthumous Reminiscences of Brás Cubas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isEnglishTitleOf | Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Realism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
landmark of Brazilian literature
ⓘ
pioneering modern narrative techniques in Latin America ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | posthumous memoirs ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| narrator | Brás Cubas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narratorStatus | dead narrator ⓘ |
| notableFor |
breaking the fourth wall
ⓘ
innovative narrative structure ⓘ unreliable narrator ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Portuguese ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfFirstPublication | Rio de Janeiro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1881 ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstBookEdition | Tipografia Nacional NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Rio de Janeiro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| theme |
Brazilian society
ⓘ
death ⓘ existential reflection ⓘ memory ⓘ social satire ⓘ vanity ⓘ |
| tone |
humorous
ⓘ
ironic ⓘ melancholic ⓘ |
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