{"product_id":"dom-casmurro","title":"Dom Casmurro","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA masterpiece of realism, Machado de Assis’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDom Casmurro\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eprobes the mind of a distrustful husband with delusions of grandeur.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOriginally published in 1899, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDom Casmurro\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is widely considered to be Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis’s masterpiece and a progenitor of twentieth-century Latin American fiction. This exuberant new translation captures all the hilarious, maddening, and utterly compelling idiosyncrasies of one of Machado’s most complex characters.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBento Santiago, our charismatic yet exceedingly unreliable narrator, nicknamed by his enemies Dom Casmurro, has become a bit of a recluse in old age. He spends his days reading and mourning the past in a house built as a replica of his childhood home. One day, musing over the painted busts of Nero, Augustus, Masinissa, and Caesar, he is inspired to write his own story, a tale of equally epic proportions. Or so, at least, he thinks.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52173324484922,"sku":"9781324095149","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0868\/6449\/4906\/files\/9781324095149.jpg?v=1764223417","url":"https:\/\/titlemusicfilmbooks.com\/products\/dom-casmurro","provider":"TITLE ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}