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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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The best Companion for a Lecture Night,
This review is from: The Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell (Paperback)
This is a very short, unpretentious book. Nevertheless, inside it there lies the essence of brazilian culture. I read this book firstly when I was 14, and I enjoyed it quite a lot. Now I have been reading it again, and I can tell you that it is one of the good books I have read throughout my life. If you are a little (you only need to be very little) interested in Brazil, or in having some pleasant hours of reading, I strongly advise you to buy it.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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"imbricated in Magical Realism,mixture of dream and reality",
By M. B. Alcat "Curiosity killed the cat, but sa... (Los Angeles, California) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: The Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell (Paperback)
Jorge Amado (1912-2001) is one of Brazil's most famous writers, and in this little book we are able to realize why he has such recognition. "The Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell" is a translation of one of his shortest but more original books, "A morte e a morte de Quincas Berro D'Água", first published in 1958. The author is part of a movement in Brazilian literature that was called "regionalism", mainly characterized because each one of the authors strived to write about his region, and tried to incorporate in his works words closely related to the local speech. Amado does just that, and in his books we can see a little of his beloved "Bahia". He deliberately ignores orthographic and grammatical rules, and adds in his written work expressions that so far could only be found in informal conversations. Amado wrote for everybody, in a language that the average person in Bahia, and Brazil, understood. He loved to be considered a "story-teller", rather than a "serious" writer that wrote only for a few. I read this book for the first time during a course I attended regarding "A Literatura brasileira através dos contos". Most of the students (myself included) thought that "A morte e a morte de Quincas Berro D'Água" was only a long story. Our professor, Adriana Almeida, told us that it was a novel, due to the fact that it includes a lot of parallel stories and coexisting dramatic incidents, among other reasons. But... What is this book about?. An essay that I liked a lot says that the action is, in this book "nitidamente imbricada no Realismo Mágico, mistura sonho e realidade; loucura e racionalidade; amor e desamor..." ("nitidly imbricated in Magical Realism, mixture of dream and reality; craziness and rationality; love and hate..."). I can only dream of saying something more accurate... You can find all that, an much more, in the few pages that compound this book. Yes, "A morte e a morte de Quincas Berro D'Água" is about the two deaths of a person (possibly three deaths?), and about how a person can change dramatically his life, if he wishes to do so. After reading "A morte e a morte de Quincas Berro D'Água" you will be able to decide by yourself who was happier, and who led a better life, if Joaquim Soares da Cunha or Quincas Berro D'Água. Any opinion is valid, as far as you can give reasons for it. On the whole, I strongly recommend this book, as an excellent example of the kind of work that a really gifted author can write. If you can, try to read this book in portuguese. If you are unable to do so, read a translation, because even if you won't appreciate all the subtle shades of meaning and feeling that can only be grasped in the original language, you will still enjoy it a lot. Belen Alcat
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: The Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell (Paperback)
If laughter is good for the soul, your soul will be in very good condition after reading this humorous account of Qunicas Wateryell.
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