I don't think there were any posts about Dom Casmurro, so I thought I would add some thoughts. First off, I had a thirty minute phone sesh with Dan this morning talking him off the proverbial ledge for not being picked to choose the next book. He may feel that there has been wide collusion against him in the brotherhood. I feel that if we don't address the matter Dan might think that his proverbial child looks like Luke (or Josher) and be happy it dies in Egypt at a young age. Regardless of whether he would pay for the funeral or not, I stick by the reasons I gave in my previous blog post for my choice of Brazy Train (i.e. Dan hasn't finished a book by the deadline yet, still has not received his RedHands yet and the Baseball-Steroid Investigation Report had not been published at the time).
Gentlemen, I would love to hear your thoughts on Dom Casmurro. I liked it a lot. It was such a crazy turn for the worst that Bentinho took. It's crazy how he described so many little details of his childhood with great accuracy, but then as he got into the real issues suddenly was running out of paper. I am still not sure whether Capitu was faithful or not but I tend to think that she was. I think Dommy boy was neck deep in a serious case of self-deception. He was a lawyer by profession. The book was his brief to support his case/actions. It's funny how are memories change over the years to support our current situations or what we think of other people. I think our memories are quite poor witnesses.
Overall, I thought Machado de Assis did an amazing job with the narrative. I really like the interactivity with the reader. Anyway... your thoughts?
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