Epitaph of a Small Winner

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Epitaph of a Small Winner is an English title for Machado de Assis’s classic Brazilian novel narrated by a dead man reflecting ironically on his life and society.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel
author Machado de Assis
authorNationality Brazilian
countryOfOrigin Brazil
firstPublicationForm serialized
firstPublicationMedium Revista Brasileira
genre novel
psychological fiction
satire
hasAdaptation television adaptations
theatrical adaptations
hasCharacter Brás Cubas
Lobo Neves
Marcela
Quincas Borba
Virgília
hasEnglishTranslation Epitaph of a Small Winner
The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas
The Posthumous Reminiscences of Brás Cubas
isEnglishTitleOf Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
languageOfTitle English
literaryMovement Realism
literarySignificance landmark of Brazilian literature
pioneering modern narrative techniques in Latin America
narrativeForm posthumous memoirs
narrativePerspective first-person narration
narrator Brás Cubas
narratorStatus dead narrator
notableFor breaking the fourth wall
innovative narrative structure
unreliable narrator
originalLanguage Portuguese
originalTitle Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
placeOfFirstPublication Rio de Janeiro
publicationYear 1881
publisherOfFirstBookEdition Tipografia Nacional
setting Rio de Janeiro
settingPeriod 19th century
theme Brazilian society
death
existential reflection
memory
social satire
vanity
tone humorous
ironic
melancholic

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Epitaph of a Small Winner hasEnglishTranslation Epitaph of a Small Winner