A Lady E-Book

Machado de Assis

• Herausgeber: SAMPI Books
• Kategorie: Gesellschafts- und Liebesromane
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2024

Seitenzahl: 14

Beschreibung

In "A Lady", Machado de Assis explores Mrs. Camila's struggle against time, vanity and aging. Obsessed with maintaining her youth, she refuses to accept the signs of aging, even as her daughter, Ernestina, grows into an adult. As her daughter seeks to marry and start a family, Ms. Camila faces the dilemma of giving up her own beauty and accepting old age.

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A Lady

Machado de Assis

SYNOPSIS

In “A Lady”, Machado de Assis explores Mrs. Camila's struggle against time, vanity and aging. Obsessed with maintaining her youth, she refuses to accept the signs of aging, even as her daughter, Ernestina, grows into an adult. As her daughter seeks to marry and start a family, Ms. Camila faces the dilemma of giving up her own beauty and accepting old age.

Palavras-chave

Vanity, ageing, motherhood.

Notice

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A Lady

I never meet this lady who doesn't remind me of the prophecy of a lizard to the poet Heine, climbing the Apennines: “The day will come when stones will be plants, plants animals, animals men and men gods.” And it makes me want to say to her:

“You, Mrs. Camila, loved youth and beauty so much that you set your watch back to see if you could set those two crystal minutes. Don't lose heart, Mrs. Camila. On the day of the lizard, you will be Hebe, goddess of youth; you will give us the nectar of perpetuity to drink with your eternally youthful hands.”