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We take abuse seriously in our discussion boards. Only flag comments that clearly need our attention. We will not remove any content for bad language alone, or being critical of a particular book. I was very moved while reading, and for long after. Carlos Eduardo de Maia is the sole heir of an ancient, illustrious family. The family hopes and ambitions are dependent on him.
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Honour is a very real thing in this culture, and Carlos has a lot of expectations to bear. The glorious past and the unsatisfactory present are both with him at all times. A central plot strand of the novel details the incestuous love of Carlos and Maria Eduarda, and the tragedy this brings to all concerned. The affair is skillfully built up, and comes to a shattering climax. The Maias is a book which mourns many things. The decadence of Portuguese culture and spirit; the passing of time; the loss of things undone.
Carlos and his friend Ega in the end have fulfilled none of their youthful ambitions.
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The ending, with the friends Carlos and Ega running after a tram, reminds me of the end of Fellini Satyricon. One is suddenly made to realise that these people who have come to life so convincingly, who share my own pains and regrets, lived more than one hundred years ago. That poignant shock universalises the reading experience. Ambition, the great love of Carlos and Maria Eduarda, the virtues of Alfonso, the literary gifts of Ega, the pretensions and fantasies of so many of the characters, are all futile in the end. Fate, and perhaps some innocent fault of their own, conspires against them.
Life wasn't meant to be fair, and looking back is often a bitter experience. I put the book away with a word of encouragement to Carlos, this imaginary character who died almost a century ago.
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Don't be too cynical, I say: Encourage Ega to finish his book. We all grow older, duller. What we love inevitably turns to dust. I too am thinking more of what might have been than of what might be. View all 3 comments. Mar 01, Carina rated it really liked it Shelves: Sep 03, Cat InTheNet rated it liked it. Foi tudo o que pensei quando acabei.
Continuo a dizer que o livro seria muito melhor se fosse mais pequeno. Estou feliz de o ter terminado e partir para outro porque demorei quase 2 meses a terminar!! Fans of Anthony Trollope or George Eliot. The Maias is recognized as a great masterpiece of late nineteenth century Portugal. It describes the political, philosophical, and moral debates prevalent in the aristocracy and bourgeoisie of Portugal in the era in a way very similar to that in which George Eliot examines the same debates in late nineteenth century England in Middlemarch.
I give George Eliot five stars because I am familiar enough with nineteenth century England that I feel competent to evaluate Ms.
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Eliot's judgement in these a The Maias is recognized as a great masterpiece of late nineteenth century Portugal. Eliot's judgement in these areas. The Maias may indeed merit five stars also but I simply do not know the historical setting well enough to be sure that Eca de Queiros assessed his world as well as Ms. Eliot did for her world. What is clear is that Maias is very fine book possibly even a great book. Before reading Maias I had seen it written in several places that de Queiros was a naturalist of the same school as Emile Zola. Indeed at one point in this book, the author expresses great admiration for Zola.
In truth I found nothing in Maias to remind me of Zola who loves to wallow in the sludge of working class alcoholism, crime and poverty. The milieu of Maias is rather that of the educated upper classes. The book is more similar in mood and tone to Middlemarch than L'Assommoir. Most of all however Maias has the delightful light and incisive satirical ambiance of a good Anthony Trollope novel such as Barchester Towers.
All in all Maias offers many pleasures and much value. Es uno de los mejores finales de toda la historia de la literatura. Conversan sobre 'Los Maia' es una gran novela que acaba de una manera perfecta. Sin embargo, todo el mundo fracasa. Se dan cuenta de que llegan tarde a una cena con unos antiguos amigos. Creo que el problema es que a la novela le cuesta arrancar. Alarga demasiado el planteamiento. Carlos ha estudiado medicina y tiene grandes planes para su futuro: A sus amigos les pasa lo mismo. Al fin y al cabo se trata de una novela del siglo XIX. Tarda pero al final empieza.
Luego hay un giro genial que parece que lo va a poner todo patas arriba. Pero resulta que es una falsa alarma. Y efectivamente llega el giro final. Es una novela que crea todo un mundo. Es una novela como las que ya no se escriben. Habla de diletantismo, ociosidad y futilidad. Como la mejor literatura. Es una obra que habla de romanticismo y realismo, idealismo y pesimismo. Es una obra muy divertida. Es una novela perfectamente escrita. Es inteligente e ingenioso. Y es tan amigo de Carlos. Me encanta que esta obra dedique tantos esfuerzos a narrar la historia de amor como a narrar la historia de amistad entre estos dos personajes.
Me encantan las escenas en las que se confiesan el uno al otro. Me encantan las escenas en las que se apoyan el uno al otro. Me encanta que si hay algo inamovible en esta novela sea la amistad entre Carlos y Ega. Como las que ya no se escriben. One wonders whether Eca de Quieros' fine scalpel really needed pages in the translation I read to reveal Portugal's society for its egotism and corruption.
Almost, I am tempted to say. The frivolity of the amorous merry-go-round and the literati who take themselves all too seriously are rendered convincingly, and, if at length, with a pardonable amount of repetition. Estragar assim o que e para mim a obra prima da nossa literatura. Amazon Giveaway allows you to run promotional giveaways in order to create buzz, reward your audience, and attract new followers and customers. Learn more about Amazon Giveaway.
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