“Book Descriptions:How do people wield power? Why do others submit?The Cane follows a subtle chain of influence, as a young seminary student tries to figure out how to escape a career in the priesthood.
As the main character is torn between ideals of justice and compassion on the one hand and a desire to realise his own freedom on the other, Machado reveals the subtle and conflicting sources of power at work organising Brazilian society.
A progenitor of twentieth-century Latin American fiction, Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839-1908), was hailed in his lifetime as Brazil’s greatest writer.” DRIVE
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