{"product_id":"the-double-death-of-quincas-waterbray-isbn-9780143106364","title":"The Double Death of Quincas Water-Bray","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Penguin Classic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWidely considered the greatest work by the foremost Brazilian author of the twentieth century, \u003ci\u003eThe Double Death of Quincas Water-Bray\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor 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.\"Raucous . . . Rowdy . . . Outrageous!\" —\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Swift, funny, and occasionally even slapstick.” —\u003cb\u003eRivka Galchen,\u003c\/b\u003e from the Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Part Virginia Woolf, part \u003ci\u003eWeekend at Bernie’s \u003c\/i\u003e. . . [An] excellent example of the particular mixture of folkloric elements and high-literary storytelling for which Amado is often paired with Gabriel García Márquez.” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Hilarious... Deftly constructed... Hugely entertaining... Amado, like Quincas, is a hoaxer who loves to trick his readers....  [His] version of Brazil is seductive.\" \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[A] comic masterpiece . . . Darkly hilarious . . . With brilliant sleight of hand and deceptive simplicity, Amado’s defiance of death in this frothy, heartfelt tale reveals the Brazilian master at his earthy, big-hearted best.” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJorge Amado\u003c\/b\u003e (1912–2001) was born in the state of Bahia, Brazil, whose society he portrays in such acclaimed novels as \u003ci\u003eGabriela, Clove and Cinnamon\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDona Flor and Her Two Husbands\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGregory Rabassa\u003c\/b\u003e (translator; 1922–2016) was a National Book Award–winning translator whose English-language versions of works by Gabriel García Márquez, Mario Vargas Llosa, Julio Cortázar, and Jorge Amado have become classics in their own right.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRivka Galchen\u003c\/b\u003e (introduction) is one of \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e’s “20 Under 40” fiction writers and the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eAtmospheric Disturbances \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eEveryone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch\u003c\/i\u003e. A contributing editor at \u003ci\u003eHarper’s Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, she lives in New York City.","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300622258405,"sku":"NP9780143106364","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143106364.jpg?v=1767739065","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-double-death-of-quincas-waterbray-isbn-9780143106364","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}