Margins
1946
First Published
3.70
Average Rating
428
Number of Pages
É o segundo livro de Machado de Assis. Foi publicado apenas dois anos após Desencantos (1861), que marcou sua estreia. As duas peças que o compõem, "O caminho da porta" e "O protocolo", têm somente um ato. A ação é situada em espaço pouco definido, mas identificado com o do Rio de Janeiro, e envolve os jogos amorosos entre homens e mulheres da elite fluminense. Considerando as duas protagonistas deste volume, observa-se como as teatro mulheres machadianas, já nessa altura, resistem como podem ao cerco patriarcal.
Avg Rating
3.70
Number of Ratings
20
5 STARS
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Author

Machado de Assis
Machado de Assis
Author · 132 books

Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, often known as Machado de Assis, Machado, or Bruxo do Cosme Velho, (June 21, 1839, Rio de Janeiro—September 29, 1908, Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian novelist, poet, playwright and short story writer. He is widely regarded as the most important writer of Brazilian literature. However, he did not gain widespread popularity outside Brazil in his own lifetime. Machado's works had a great influence on Brazilian literary schools of the late 19th century and 20th century. José Saramago, Carlos Fuentes, Susan Sontag and Harold Bloom are among his admirers and Bloom calls him "the supreme black literary artist to date."

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