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| Title | : | O Alienista |
| Author | : | Machado de Assis |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 56 pages |
| Published | : | August 2nd 2006 by Luso-Brazilian Books (first published 1881) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Classics. Cultural. Brazil. Literature |
Machado de Assis
Paperback | Pages: 56 pages Rating: 4.07 | 8201 Users | 366 Reviews
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Clássico da literatura brasileira, este texto de Machado de Assis continua sendo, cento e trinta anos depois de sua publicação original, uma das mais devastadoras observações sobre a insanidade a que pode chegar a ciência. Tão palpitante quanto de leitura prazerosa, O alienista é uma dessas joias da ficção da literatura mundial.Médico, Simão Bacamarte passa a se interessar pela psiquiatria, iniciando um estudo sobre a loucura em ItaguaÃ, onde funda a Casa Verde - um tÃpico hospÃcio oitocentista -, arregimentando cobaias humanas para seus experimentos. O que se segue é uma história surpreendente e atual em seu debate sobre desvios e normalidade, loucura e razão.
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| Original Title: | O Alienista |
| ISBN: | 0850515068 (ISBN13: 9780850515060) |
| Edition Language: | Portuguese |
| Characters: | Simão Bacamarte, Dona Evarista, Crispim Soares, Padre Lopes, PorfÃrio |
| Setting: | ItaguaÃ(Brazil) |
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Ratings: 4.07 From 8201 Users | 366 ReviewsCriticism About Books O Alienista
Yes, hopefully.Three and Half stars. Had I read it in the English translation, I believe, the rating would have gone high. I read it in the Tamil translation. It is translated by Rajagopal from its English version and is published by Sandhya Publications. The title is மனநல மருததுவர. It is thus actually a translation of the translation.I loved the story. It is about a Psychiatrist and his research on madness. How can we define madness? Usually they say that when a person loses his/her mental balance (aberration
A fantastically quick and interesting read! It's amazing how much the city changes and how crazy everything seems to get in such a small period of time. A good study of human nature, albeit a short one.
I am left wondering who is crazy after all.
Sanity is a subject I've grown increasingly interested in as I've gotten older. I used to see it as a black and white matter. Some people are sane, others insane. Easy as that. This was a cozy idea of mine as a child at least. I kept far away from the black sheep of my family - an ancient great aunt with a lifetime's wake of miserable holiday antics due to her undiagnosed narcissism - and I got used to what I perceived was textbook sanity. Although I do remember once in middle school miserably
This comedy is written by one of Brazil's most famous writers. Because Portuguese is my second language, I understood about 75% of it (even with a dictionary by my side). Still, it was very funny and I imagine Brazilians would find it even funnier.Simao Bacamarte is a psychiatrist who opens a clinic to study the crazy people of the city of Itaguai. As time goes on the definition of craziness is expanded to include 3/4 of the town. Mayhem ensues. Then he concludes that the real crazies are not
Till now, madness has been thought a small island in an ocean of sanity. I am beginning to suspect that it is not an island at all but a continent.Each of us are wired differently and set forth out into the world with our own baggage of experiences and perspectives, our own unique defects and demons, to interact with one another. Celebrated Brazilian author Machado de Assis 1882 novella The Alienist investigates the lines where normality and quirkiness tip over into the category of madness,
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