Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas by Machado de Assis (Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas)

[@bergspot]

Machado is so underrated, but he is up there with the great ones. Imagine if this writer was born in a English speaking Country? He surely would be better known.

[@Fiction_Beast]

He would have been more well know for sure. Even if in Spanish he would have been better know I think. But now I see more people talking about him on KZbin. He was one of the best discoveries for me this year, along with Juan rulfo from Mexico and sadegh hedayat from Iran

[@PauloPereira-jj4jv]

He's not underrated. He's just unknown (well, no longer) to English readers. In Brazil and Portugal he's on the top of the list. For 150 years.

[@LS-pe1rr]

@@Fiction_Beast juan rulfo is the god of potency. he changed all of spanish literature with the only book he ever wrote, and it was less than a hundred pages.

[@KinSugai]

I must confess that it was an unique analyses of the book. In schools, we are thought that "Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas" is mainly a revolutionary book that criticized the elite of the time. And the logic behind it is that the caracter must be dead to be free to see the society reality. I never stopped to think that we actually are the villan. It was very interesting. Great job.

[@Fiction_Beast]

i think Bras Cubas was criticising the elites and most of his readers were those elites. i think having a dead man as a narrator is very unique. also the way the book is written is very unconventional, short chapters and often making fun of himself and for the most unique thing was his tone of voice that don't take life too seriously. It speaks to us today.

[@bentocamargoscorrea3574]

Wait until he discovers Graciliano Ramos

[@Sachie465]

Your point about the narrator being full of contradictions is interesting. Personally, I did not feel the narrator's fears. For me, it's an anti-autobiography of a man who was born into privilege but has achieved nothing. I think it’s a brilliant idea that the narrator is already dead and literally has nothing to lose so he can be brutally honest. For readers outside South America, this novel is a hidden gem.

[@jbleargh]

Machado de Assis and Paulo Coelho are not in the same dimension... is like comparing Mozart and Justin Bieber.

[@Fiction_Beast]

If you watch the video carefully you understand I say something similar. I merely mention that the only other Brazilian I read was coelho. No comparison whatsoever. Not sure where you got that idea from?

[@lulauriano425]

​@@Fiction_Beastyou simply shouldn't mention these two writers in the same context. sorry😂

[@niveabisi5000]

I'm Brazilian, and I was scared by the introduction of the video until I realized it was irony haha.

[@LS-pe1rr]

If the only other brazilian you've read is coelho, then you are missing the great Clarice Lispector. she wrote "near to the wild heart" at age 19, her books only get more intense from there, and she is in the same wheelhouse as Mishima and Kafka, and no less of a writer than either. she has the best collection of short stories i have ever read.

[@NatKaori]

Hi, it's nice when people from other countries with different backgrounds like an iconic author we brazilians grew up reading. In your quest to read books from every country, if you ever got to Mozambique, Mia Couto's "Terra Sonâmbula" is pretty interesting.

[@Fiction_Beast]

Thanks for sharing! i ordered my copy.

[@ThirdLens]

This is so fantastic. Machado de Assis is really awesome.

[@Fiction_Beast]

Thank you!

[@KinSugai]

I love Machado de Assis! Dom Casmurro is a really great book. It is the second best known novel of the author. Brazilians joke that if you didn't read Dom Casmurro you are not a real literature lover. Dom Casmurro, aside the love theme, talks about the prejudice about women at the time. It is ironic and critical. Another Brazilian author that you might like is Clarice Lispector. I don't really know which of her books or stories were translated to english, but "A hora da estrela" is one of her most famous masterpieces.

[@Fiction_Beast]

i read Dom Casmurro too. It's a really great novel. For me Bras Cubas was very unique and original. I have heard a lot about Lispector. I will definitely read her.

[@Boris.Becker.]

Hello, i am from Brazil, and the thing I really like from Machado de Assis are his short stories. You would absolutely like some of them. Also, Assis was Black, but for almost a 100 years, people from Brazil were taught that he was white. Our elite society is veeery racist.

[@osoio]

Se ele acha "Brás Cubas" o melhor, o que ele vai sentir quando conhecer "Dom Casmurro" (pergunte para a Helen Caldwell!) e "Quincas Borba"? Abraços do Brasil!

[@sahtification]

Se ele ler "a igreja do diabo".......

[@osoio]

@@sahtification É um dos melhores contos dele, mas a minha opinião coincide com a dos acadêmicos e grande parte do público: nada supera "A Missa do Galo", obra-prima da sugestão e clima.

[@paradaliteraria607]

OMG!! Machado is here! Thanks for bringing him to your channel. I love your video. Everything you said about Brazil is true...😂❤️🏖️🌊🏄‍♂️

[@Fiction_Beast]

Honestly I had no idea about machado (I even mispronounce his name oops!) he is an amazing discovery for me in 2020. I’m glad you enjoyed my silly jokes 😂

[@sahtification]

My favorite author Pls, read his short stories Devil's church I think it's not translated, but his critic on Eça de Queiroz, O primo Basílio, it's a writer's masterclass on plot and literary criticism itself

[@WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs]

Brazilian culture and literature is a different beast

[@AnonymousBosch3158]

I am brazillian, this is my favorite novel on brazillian literature. I have read three times. Very nice video.

[@Fiction_Beast]

Thank you

[@jnnltj]

Read "Angústia" (Angst) by Graciliano Ramos. This book reminds at the same time Crime and Punishment, Notes from Underground and The House of the Dead. Another books by him are "São Bernardo" (a humble and poor man who becomes a powerful owner of lands in order to try to fill his emptiness), "Vidas Secas" and "Insônia" (short stories)

[@brunofranco4416]

Just a small correction: Machado is pronounced "Mashado", not "Makado".

[@Fiction_Beast]

I noticed that after I recorded this video. Thank you!

[@danielbardelli9621]

@@Fiction_Beast lmao

[@captain_cloudd]

Please read Clarice Lispector

[@mpessan]

Now read "The End" by Fernanda Torres to get a glimpse of what and how Brazilian writers have been writing today.

[@Fiction_Beast]

Thank you! I will check it out.

[@WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs]

The internet is full of bullshit Truer words have never been spoken

[@TatianeAlves]

This is amazing! 💛✨

[@Fiction_Beast]

Thank you!

[@markspano3468]

I loved this book. Marquez recommended it to me in his memoir.

[@Fiction_Beast]

It's very unique.

[@Isabella-xg6lb]

what a great content!! i just discovery your channel at 1am and can't stop watching!! if you would like to read more of Brazil classics, i suggest Clarice Lispector - A Hora da Estrela

[@Fiction_Beast]

Thank you! Great suggestion!

[@LucasVicente-xw2nm]

@@Fiction_Beast Por favor, leia este livro!!

[@aleatoric5830]

Fiquei sabendo que os nossos autores estão mais uma vez sendo reconhecidos, fico grato.

[@daniellegonzales3679]

Great video!

[@Fiction_Beast]

Thank you so much!

[@FreedomSpirit108]

I love your comedy the the video is great

[@hugo_sobreira]

Great video, thanks.

[@ClassicTrip]

Parabéns!

[@Fiction_Beast]

Thank you.

[@talhaabdullah2859]

i cant believe this is free

[@profaeldaoliveira-leituras5503]

Your video is excellent!

[@Fiction_Beast]

Thank you very much!