Dom Casmurro

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Bento Santiago is madly in love with his neighbour, Capitú. He even breaks a promise his devout mother made to God that he become a priest in order to marry her. But, once wed, Ben to becomes increasingly convinced that Capitú is having a torrid affair, that his son is not his own, and that his best friend has cuckolded him. What follows is a rich and sardonic narrative, as Bento attempts to discern his son's paternity. Are his suspicions actually based in reality or have his obsessive ruminations given way to deceptive illusions? Originally published in Brazil in 1900, Dom Casmurro is widely considered Machado de Assis's greatest work and a classic of Brazilian realist literature. It is a delightful and hilarious novel told by an entertainingly unreliable narrator about the powers of jealousy and the deceitful persuasiveness of a mind in the grip of paranoia. Format: Paperback Published: in UK in 2015 Publisher: Daunt Books Pages: 304 Language: English ISBN 13: 9781907970504 ISBN 10: 1907970509 Show more