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The novel and classic of Brazilian literature, Bras Cubas, Machado de Assis, reached first place in sales in Amazon American. The incident happened after the American influencer Courtney Henning Novak give a positive review of the book on TikTok.
To reach the first position in the “Caribbean and Latin America” book category, Bras Cubas surpassed major titles in world literature, such as Love in times of cholera, Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
Brás Cubas' success on Tik Tok
Bras Cubas became internationally known and reached first place in sales in Amazon, after an American influencer posted on her profile on TikTok your opinion about the book. On her social network profile, Courtney Henning Novak stated that this would be her new favorite book.
The influencer, who has a profile with more than 25 thousand followers, maintains a literary project in which she proposes reading a book from each country in the world. The chosen one within Brazilian literature was Posthumous Memories of Bras Cubas, classic of Machado de Assis, in the English version.
In her video, Courtney states that she wished she had had the opportunity to read the work in high school. Surprised by the plot of the story, Courtney asked why “They didn't tell you it was the best book ever written".
The video posted by the influencer has more than 120 thousand views and almost 30 thousand likes No. TikTok and generated comments from followers encouraging Courtney to read other books by Machado de Assisas Dom Casmurro and even other authors, such as Jorge Amado.
Excited about the discovery, Courtney also said she was willing to learn Portuguese, so she could read the book in its original version. “Tell me, what am I going to do for the rest of my life after the book?", question.
The English version of the classic
The book analyzed by the American influencer and which ranked first in sales in Amazon is a translation by Flora Thomson-De Veaux. The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas is an edition of Penguin Classics, available at Amazon for around R$59 in the version for Kindle.
This version of Bras Cubas published in English is the first to include detailed notes with the entire cultural and historical context of the narrative made by the deceased Bras Cubathat permeates various moments of his life throughout the 368 pages of the book.
Happy with the highlight of Bras Cubas, translator Flora Thomson-De Veaux even shared the book's success on her profile on X. In the publication, she said she was very happy with the success of Posthumous Memories of Brás Cubas and ironically pointed out the choice to place The idiot, by Dostoevsky, as a classic of Latin American literature.
Other works by Machado de Assis
Machado de Assis is a Brazilian author born on June 21, 1839 and considered by many to be the greatest in Brazilian literature. His work speaks to the Realism and is marked by strong social denunciation, in addition to other characteristics.
Chronicler, poet, novelist and journalist, the talented Machado de Assis left an enormous contribution to Brazilian literature. Published in 1881, Posthumous Memories of Brás Cubas is the writer's first realistic novel and is part of a solid list of books published throughout his career.
Dom Casmurro
The novel published in 1900 tells the tragic story of love between bentinho e Chapter, one of the most famous couples in national literature. The narrator of the story decides to tell his life story, shortly after the death of his wife and his friend and alleged culprit for the betrayal, Escobar.
The portrait of all the memories is made according to Bentinho's vision and brings the character's thoughts about this great doubt that has permeated his head for all the years.
Quincas Borba
The 1891 book is a realistic novel that tells the story of rubion, teacher who inherits all of his friend's assets Quincas Borba. To do this, he must take care of his friend's dog, which has the same name as its owner.
When forced to move to the Rio de Janeiro, the teacher rubion finds new friends and finds himself exploited by the couple Cristiano Palha and Sofia. The work is full of ironic elements with the context of the time and portrays the professor's madness, which he believed to be Napoleon Bonaparte.
Aires memorial
Aires memorial is the last book of Machado de Assis and was published in 1908, the year of the author's death. It is a compilation of short texts, organized as if it were a diary, written between 1888 and 1889.
Aires was a counselor who was always involved in the works of Machado de Assis, usually appearing as a friend of the characters. In the book, he idolizes D. Carmo, a woman who is said to be inspired by Carolina Augusta Xavier de Novais, the writer's wife.
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Sources: The Globe, InfoMoney, Metropolis
Text proofread by: Pedro Bomfim
