{"product_id":"the-illustrious-house-of-ramires-9780811226028","title":"The Illustrious House of Ramires","description":"\u003cem\u003eThe Illustrious House of Ramires\u003c\/em\u003e, presented here in a sparkling new translation by Margaret Jull Costa, is the favorite novel of many Eça de Queirós aficionados. This late masterpiece, wickedly funny and yet profoundly tender, centers on Gonçalo Ramires, heir to a family so aristocratic that it predates even the kings of Portugal. Gonçalo--charming but disastrously effete, idealistic but hopelessly weak--muddles through his pampered life, burdened by a grand ambition. He is determined to write a great historical novel based on the heroic deeds of his fierce medieval ancestors. But \"the record of their valor,\" as \u003cem\u003eThe London Spectator\u003c\/em\u003e remarked, \"is ironically counterpointed by his own chicanery. A combination of Don Quixote and Walter Mitty, Ramires is continually humiliated but at the same time kindhearted. Ironic comedy is the keynote of the novel. Eça de Queirós has justly been compared with Flaubert and Stendhal.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/23\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811226028\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.30w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2017 pg. 75\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jos\u0026#195;\u0026#169; Maria de E\u0026#195;\u0026#167;a de Queir\u0026#195;\u0026#179;s","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45302221897909,"sku":"9780811226028","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_af51d123-9063-43b6-b3d5-2483a2b63096.jpg?v=1744724706","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-illustrious-house-of-ramires-9780811226028","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}