Author : Germano Almeida
Release : 2004
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 657/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Last Will and Testament of Senhor Da Silva Araújo by : Germano Almeida

Download or read book The Last Will and Testament of Senhor Da Silva Araújo written by Germano Almeida. This book was released on 2004. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In his will, Senhor da Silva Araujo has left a memoir that is a touching web of elaborate self-deceptions. He desired so ardently to prosper, to be taken seriously, and to join (perhaps, if they would have him) the exclusive Gremio country club. But most of all, he wanted to be a good man. And yet, shady deals, twists of fate, an illegitimate child: such is the lot of poor, self-critical Senhor da Silva Araujo. A bit like Calvino's Mr. Palomar in his attention to protocol and in his terror of life's passions; a bit like Svevo's Zeno (a little pompous, a little old-fashioned, and often hapless) Senhor da Silva Araujo moves along a deliciously blurry line between farce and tragedy: a self-important buffoon becomes a fully human, even tragic, figure in the arc of this novel."--BOOK JACKET.