by Eça de Queirós · Dedalus · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781903517536
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«The Maias» is the classic novel by Portuguese writer Eça de Queirós, published by Dedalus in paperback (720 pages, in English).
Set in nineteenth-century Lisbon, it portrays the decline of the Maia family over three generations. Carlos, the last heir, cultured and well-meaning, finds no direction; his encounter with Maria Eduarda unleashes a reciprocated passion that fate ultimately unravels. The prose combines irony and lyricism to depict social hypocrisy.
«The Maias» was originally published in 1888 as «Os Maias»; the English translation by Margaret Jull Costa won the PEN Translation Prize and the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize in 2008.
Suitable for readers of European classics and Portuguese literature who want an edition in English.
