The Mandarin – Eça de Queirós

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Be captivated by one of the most unique, fantastic, and disturbing narratives in Portuguese literature. The Mandarin, written by the master of realism Eça de Queirós and published by Editora Manuscrito, inaugurates the collection Classics to Read in One Night. This edition brings a brief but monumental work, ideal to be devoured all at once, yet its impact remains in the reader's memory for a long time.

A Caustic Moral Fable About Greed and Guilt:

• The Diabolical Pact: Teodoro leads a modest life without great ambitions as an amanuensis, until the day he is confronted with an extraordinary proposal: he just needs to ring a magic bell to cause the death of a millionaire mandarin in China and inherit all his immense fortune.

• The Indestructible Weight of Conscience: Tempted by the Devil, Teodoro commits the act. However, wealth cannot silence his conscience. Consumed by anguish and remorse, he embarks on a journey to the Orient to distribute his goods and try to achieve redemption.

• Social and Supernatural Critique: Temporarily departing from pure realism, Eça de Queirós constructs a fantastic and ironic narrative that exposes the fragilities of human morality and the social hypocrisy of the 19th century.

• Classics to Read in One Night Collection: The perfect format for those who wish to rediscover the great figures of our literature through intense, fluid, and enriching readings.