Early in this novel, an Italian tenor compares life to an opera with a libretto by God and music by Satan. The protagonist debates with Manduca over the outcome of the Crimean War, and decides to write a History of the Suburbs. The title character struggles against his desir
Early in this novel, an Italian tenor compares life to an opera with a libretto by God and music by Satan. The protagonist debates with Manduca over the outcome of the Crimean War, and decides to write a History of the Suburbs. The title character struggles against his desire for his friend's wife Sancha, and watches a performance of Othello before telling his son Ezekiel that he is not his father. Despite entering a seminary, the title character decides not to become a padre, and he later accuses his wife Capitu of sleeping with his best friend Escobar. FTP, name this 1899 novel about the jealousy of Bentinho Santiago, a work by ? Machado de Assis whose title roughly translates as "Lord Taciturn."
Early in this novel, an Italian tenor compares life to an opera with a libretto by God and music by Satan.
{Dom Casmurro}