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The Mandarin
O Mandarim
Eça de Queirós
Realism
1880
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The Mandarin
Original title: O Mandarim (Português)
Eça de Queirós
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The story
A clerk kills a Chinese mandarin by ringing a bell and inherits a fortune — along with the remorse attached to it. A brief, ferocious fantasy.
About the author
José Maria Eça de Queirós (1845–1900) gave Portuguese prose the irony and precision of gaze that defined Iberian realism.
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