Eadie B. (eadieburke) -
Book Description
Bento Santiago, the wildly unreliable narrator of Dom Casmurro, believes that he has been cuckolded?he suspects that his wife has cheated on him with his best friend and that her child is not his. Has Capitú, his love since childhood, really been unfaithful to him? Or is the evidence of her betrayal merely the product of a paranoid mind? First published in 1900, Dom Casmurro, widely considered Machado de Assis's greatest novel and a classic of Brazilian literature, is a brilliant retelling of the classic adultery tale?a sad and darkly comic novel about love and the corrosive power of jealousy.
My Review
This is a fast, easy read and the best love/triangle story that I have every read. The writing was very funny, somewhat dark but the narrator was wonderful. Machado de Assis shows Bentinho to lack self-confidence with lots of fear and jealous attitudes in his relationship with Capitu. The best part of the book is the ending where the reader is still left with the question,"Did Capitu really betray Bentinho?" I recommend this book to everyone who enjoys good literature, as I think it's a masterpiece!
Bento Santiago, the wildly unreliable narrator of Dom Casmurro, believes that he has been cuckolded?he suspects that his wife has cheated on him with his best friend and that her child is not his. Has Capitú, his love since childhood, really been unfaithful to him? Or is the evidence of her betrayal merely the product of a paranoid mind? First published in 1900, Dom Casmurro, widely considered Machado de Assis's greatest novel and a classic of Brazilian literature, is a brilliant retelling of the classic adultery tale?a sad and darkly comic novel about love and the corrosive power of jealousy.
My Review
This is a fast, easy read and the best love/triangle story that I have every read. The writing was very funny, somewhat dark but the narrator was wonderful. Machado de Assis shows Bentinho to lack self-confidence with lots of fear and jealous attitudes in his relationship with Capitu. The best part of the book is the ending where the reader is still left with the question,"Did Capitu really betray Bentinho?" I recommend this book to everyone who enjoys good literature, as I think it's a masterpiece!
